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Just in time for Labor Day, domestic workers in New York state got a gift of sorts -- a workers' bill of rights, which Gov. David Paterson signed into law last week. The measure guarantees nannies, housekeepers and care providers to the elderly are paid overtime, get time off and are protected against sexual harassment.

The National Center for Education Statistics estimates that 1.6 million people aged 18 and over earned a bachelor's degree in 2009. I happen to be among those graduates: hitting the street, bright-eyed, and looking for opportunity. And since graduating from Chicago's DePaul University with a...

This week, Forbes takes a peek inside the world of professional nannies and finds that some of them are making more than $100,000 a year. It seems like a crazy number, when you take it at face value. Factor in the fact that many of these nannies have Ivy League degrees, medical certifications and...

I wrote earlier this week about how child care is becoming a luxury that many families can't afford; and in the post I predicted that, in a prolonged downturn, "full-time child care will be a perk that only the wealthiest two-income families even consider." In yesterday's Wall Street Journal, news...

When I got pregnant with my second child, most people assumed I would switch from a daycare situation to a nanny, given that I still have two and a half years to go before public pre-K kicks in (that is, if we get lucky to get a lotteried spot in our very kid-crowded Brooklyn neighborhood). Two...

First, there was Mary Poppins, and for a brief time, a short-lived 1970s sitcom called Nanny and the Professor. Then Supernanny, the popular ABC series, came along. And so I guess it should be no surprise that an entrepreneur has figured out a way to capitalize on America's interest in nannies....