A true test of a good nanny is how they react when you call them to say you can’t make it home!

Yesterday a burst water main created a mud slide across railway lines down to the South of England. I was coming back from visiting our wonderful Tinies Norfolk branch, only to be confronted by chaos at Victoria Station. All trains to the South Coast (where I live) had been cancelled. My husband was also stranded in London, and we were due to be home to take over from our nanny at 7pm. (more…)

There were a number of articles written recently about how today’s couples share parenting responsibilities and childcare. Simon Kuper in the FT wrote that he puts in about 30 hours of childcare a week – before and after school. Shane Watson in The Sunday Times talked about how she shares out the duties with her husband – for example she’s in charge of birthday cakes, he is in charge of parent evenings. (more…)