My husband and I shared a Nanny with our in-laws for more than a year.  We entered the Share Care with great enthusiasm.  Together, our families would certainly be able to find a great Nanny, and having all the cousins together was the icing on the cake. We approached the Share Care like a small business.  Before we started to look for a Nanny, we…

Initially, a share care seems like it should be a very straight-forward and attractive alternative to hiring a nanny just for your own family.  In general, if two families split one nanny, then for each family all the costs should get split in half too. Sounds simple, right?  Share care arrangements can work well, but potential problems can often arise among families with different schedules…

In general, a “share care” is any arrangement where two or more families cooperate to hire one nanny to care for the children of all the families.  Typically, a nanny will require only a slightly higher hourly wage for more children.  However, the cooperating families are able to split all the costs among the entire group, so all things being equal, if two families hire…