The Granny-Nanny: A Guide for Parents & Grandparents Who Share Child Care [Paperback]

Lee Edwards Benning (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2006

With wisdom garnered from the perspectives of children, parents, and grandparents, this guide to managing child care offers insightful solutions to what can be a delicate situation. From the perspective of grandparents, issues such as where to care, what to charge, and the importance of a written contract are addressed, along with information on how to communicate effectively with parents, what to do in an emergency, and how to cope with unruly in-laws. Parents receive information on what to pay for their parents' services, how to care for an unusual child, how to construct the ideal parent–grandparent relationship, and how to gauge the reactions of their children toward their new nanny. This is an indispensable guide for parents looking for inexpensive, qualified, and loving childcare and for grandparents looking to make a buck while visiting their grandchildren.

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Beneficial categories relevant to this book: Parenting, Grandparenting, Child Care, Psychology, Family Relationships

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An indispensable, hands-on guide for the single parent/working couple as well as the grandparent(s) who must work together to provide the most loving, best care possible for a child or the children they love. The Granny-Nanny A Guide For Parents & Grandparents Who Share Child Care Are you a grandparent who provides child care for your own children’s children? Are you a Granny-Nanny? In the past decade, the number of grandparents providing child care has risen dramatically, nearly doubling between 1998 and 2003. In the coming year, nearly a quarter of all grandparents will experience the joys and tribulations of daily child care. Author Lee Edwards Benning, a real-life, full-time granny-nanny, has written the definitive guide for grandparents who care for their grandchildren of any age while their parents work. The Granny-Nanny can save you, or someone you know and love, heartaches, arguments, even lives. This book includes: • Whose home will be used • How to childproof your home • Safety precautions • Travel with children • What to do in an emergency • The special child • Disciplinary matters • Financial arrangements • Possible legal questions • What happens when there is a generation gap in

parenting methods, and communication between

parents and Granny-Nanny becomes an issue • An extensive appendix featuring ideas for indoor

and outdoor activities, children’s reading lists,

developmental markers, and resources

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Product Details

• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: Cleveland Clinic Press (April 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596240032
• ISBN-13: 978-1596240032
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,298,561 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Specifically written for parents and grandparents who share child care responsibilities, August 6, 2006

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This review is from: The Granny-Nanny: A Guide for Parents & Grandparents Who Share Child Care (Paperback)

The Granny-Nanny: A Guide For Parents & Grandparents Who Share Child Care by Lee Edwards Benning (himself a real life granny-nanny) is a wonderfully informative, thoroughly "user friendly", 223-page manual specifically written for parents and grandparents who share child care responsibilities. This is a parenting phenomena which has become more common in the past 15 years, according to documentation by the Cleveland Clinic Press, as at least 79% of today's grandparents will engage in the tribulations and satisfaction of daily child care due to the children's parents having to both work outside of the home. Individual chapters deal with a variety of germane issues such as child safety, communication, controversy (including discipline), abuse, the generation gap, whose home is to be used, and even a quiz which is both humorous and descriptive. There is an especially valuable chapter offering suggestions about dealing with common issues and problems called 'Making the Best of It' which covers divorce, special needs, and ending the relationship (which really is about deciding when child care needs to be provided by someone other than the granny), for a vast variety of reasons. Grandparents' rights are discussed, as are financial arrangements and pertinent legal questions. Finally, a series of very helpful appendices provide resource suggestions including activities, age-appropriate books and toys, child care accreditation services, and a granny-nanny refresher course. Filly a genuine and pressing need, The Granny-Nanny is a very highly recommended and practical guide for parents and grandparents who are about to embark upon a great co-parenting adventure together.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!! A guide for us grandparents., June 23, 2006

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Elizabeth Spillane (Wayne, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Granny-Nanny: A Guide for Parents & Grandparents Who Share Child Care (Paperback)

Excellent book. Very helpful because it covers all the bases. Also enjoyed the 'flow' of the book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Information, June 15, 2006

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Mia Sanchez "Fudge Lover" (Wayne, PA) - See all my reviews

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This book was a godsend for when my mother said she would watch my children while I worked. We were able to both read through the book and learn what we need to have available for her to watch, what issues to look out for and how to make a very smooth transition. I would urge anyone who is a Granny Nanny to read this book!