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Hiring Your Nanny™

The Family Needs Assessment & Interview Guide — everything to decide, ask, and verify before someone new cares for your child.

Tammy Gold, LCSWSecrets of the Nanny Whisperer by Tammy Gold, published by Penguin
By Tammy Gold, LCSW
Author of Secrets of the Nanny Whisperer (Penguin)
Tammy Gold, LCSW, MSW
Columbia University
20 years placing & training nannies
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The Gold Standard Process, in one guide

Seven printable tools that take you from “we need a nanny” to a signed-off hire — the process Tammy has used with families for twenty years, adapted from Secrets of the Nanny Whisperer.

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No sign-up. Print the worksheets and fill them in by hand.

Why families need it

Almost every nanny problem Tammy is called in to mediate was introduced before the nanny was hired — in a job that was never fully defined, a reference call that asked the wrong questions, or an interview that measured polish instead of fit.

This guide fixes the order: define the job first, then verify, then interview, then onboard.

Tammy Gold, LCSW, licensed clinical social workerSecrets of the Nanny Whisperer by Tammy Gold, published by Penguin
FROM THE AUTHOR OF SECRETS OF THE NANNY WHISPERER

Guidance from the therapist who wrote the Penguin book on hiring a nanny

Tammy Gold, LCSW, spent years matching families with nannies before writing Secrets of the Nanny Whisperer (Penguin). Today she works beside families, and their agencies, as a neutral expert: defining the job, interviewing candidates, checking references and setting up the first 30 days.

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What’s inside

PART 1 · MAP
  • Why families hire backwards
  • Tool 1 — Family Needs Assessment™
  • Tool 2 — Musts, Pluses & Deal-breakers
PART 2 · MATCH
  • Tool 3 — The Reference Check
  • How to spot a fake reference
  • Tool 4 — The Three-Part Interview · Tool 5 — Interview Assessment
PART 3 · MERGE
  • Fixable cons vs. personality cons
  • Tool 6 — Work Agreement Checklist
PART 4 · MANAGE
  • The six Nanny Speak™ rules
  • Tool 7 — The 1-2-3 Direction Formula

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