The shortage highlights four larger problems with the U.S. economy. Is my baby getting enough food? It is a typical fear among new parents — and an acute one now, because of a national shortage of baby formula. A potential bacteria outbreak led to the February shutdown of a Michigan factory that makes Similac formula, and the plant still has not reopened. Its closure has aggravated shortages created by broader pandemic supply-chain problems. Last week, stores stocked about 43 percent less baby formula than usual. “It gets really scary,” Carrie Fleming, who lives near Birmingham, Ala., told The Times. [ Read the rest…]

The Carlson residence received a phone call no family wants, from the police saying their young son Frankie’s babysitter was arrested for trying to set a car on fire in New Jersey. Making matters worse, it turned out the sitter Leslie Rosario, brought Frankie along with her for the ride. “The woman is in my home with access to everything in my home,” Bethany Carlson said. “Especially my son, so we put so much trust in this person.” Carlson says she thought she assumed she did everything right in hiring 31-year-old Rosario in August to babysit her one-year-old son full-time [ Read the rest…]

The purpose of a uniform is to state a current occupation. You see them everywhere, highlighting individuals and the tasks they’re responsible for. However is it acceptable when working in a private residence? Well, that depends. Some homes are treated as a business and employees should be dressed as such, when others are a place of relaxation where uniforms wouldn’t really fit in. There are various pros & cons to this debate. Pros Ensuring Appropriate Attire – Your staff will need to be able to climb, run and maneuver easily in order to keep up with rambunctious children, & rigorous household [ Read the rest…]

Happy International Women’s Day. Across the globe, today is an opportunity to celebrate the hard-won achievements of women and press for change on the many challenges we still face.  

  Even though the internet is a great resource for so many different things, ever feel that it is a little impersonal and that people could easily lie when they are online? In most cases the small lies would not be important, but when a person is trying to hire someone who is going to live in their home and take care of their children those lies could be a tremendous problem. Background checks and references could only go so far since a background check only shows if the person is a criminal and a reference could easily be faked [ Read the rest…]

Happy Hanukkah to all who yearn for light within a world wide with wonder. May your dreams disarm the darkness and bring a bright benevolent bloom to light the way.  

This Thanksgiving we wanted to send out wishes to all the people we are thankful for having in our lives. You are one of those people! May you and your family be blessed on Thanksgiving and throughout the rest of the year!

To our man and women in uniform, past, present, and future, God Bless you and THANK YOU!