Auto-Enrolment Guidance for Parents and Nannies

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It is important to remember the contributions for automatic enrolment for pensions.

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How Does the National Minimum Wage Apply to Nannies?

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Calling all nannies and parents who employ nannies, do you know how the national minimum wage affects you? Keep reading to find out.

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What to do if Nanny Does Not Have a National Insurance Number?

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Have you employed a nanny who doesn’t yet have a National Insurance number? Are you a nanny applying for a job but you don’t have a NI number?

Don’t worry!

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Bank Holidays 2019

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2019 is upon us and it is always handy to have a list of the bank holidays for the year and what day of the week they fall on.

These are the dates of the bank holidays in 2019 for England.

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How to Help Your Child Deal with Nightmares

Nightmares are common in both children and adults, but they affect children very differently.

Adults can understand upon waking that the nightmare wasn’t real, but this isn’t so easy for young children, as the fear they feel during a nightmare can overwhelm rational thought when they wake.

That’s why we’ve put together some advice to help you support your child whenever a nightmare occurs.

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5 Water Activities for Young Children

Help children to stay cool this summer with these 5, fun and simple water activities!

What’s your child’s favourite summer water activity? Share your suggestions in the comments!

What to do if your child just won’t listen?

When your child is old enough to know better but still doesn’t listen to you and do as they’re told, it can be more than a little frustrating.

How many times do you have to ask or tell your child to tidy their room before they do it? To come off that video game? To come inside from playing? To say please and thank you?

There are a lot of reasons why your child might not be paying attention and doing as you ask, some of these are easier to combat than others, but we’ve put together some tips to help you through these difficult situations.

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Best 5 Audiobooks for Kids

Audiobooks are fantastic for children, especially those who haven’t yet learned to read. Audiobooks can even help your child to improve their reading ability, especially if they follow the words in the book whilst listening to the audiobook.

Audiobooks are also great for quiet time and for keeping children occupied during long journeys.

That’s why we’ve put together our top 5 audiobooks for children to get you started:

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Quiet Time Activities for Toddlers

Does your toddler still enjoy an afternoon nap? Afternoon naps are wonderful, giving you and your toddler some well-needed rest from all of that energy they’ve been using throughout the day. Unfortunately, those naps won’t last forever and eventually, your toddler will grow out of their need for an afternoon doze.

However, that doesn’t mean that the quiet time you both enjoy, and need has to be replaced with noisy, energy-filled activities. Quiet-time activities can help to occupy young children whilst building their skills and giving you a little time to relax.

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Can a robot change a nappy?

The news that Google is developing an AI (Artificial Intelligence) nanny has been making the rounds and whilst it’s not a shocking announcement, it is a disturbing one.

In the past few years, we’ve seen a multitude of announcements about robots and other artificial intelligence that claim to be able to raise our children.

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