HowsMyNanny.com

Why, HowsMyNanny.com?

Ok, so we normally don’t dedicate an entire page to any company…but this isn’t just any company. HowsMyNanny.com is an important and critical service that is offered to those families who have nannies. HowsMyNanny.com gives parents an accountability tool that ethically enables them to track the performance (both good and bad) of their nanny. The sad reality of life is that there are good and bad employees in every industry, and the childcare industry is no different. Therefore, it is important to have an accountability system in place to ensure the safety and well being of your children. HowsMyNanny.com is a great and innovative way to know what is going on when you are not there. A service like this deserves an entire page on Popular Baby Products.

The ‘Aha Moment’:

HowsMyNanny.com was created by Jill Starishevsky, a nine-year veteran of a District Attorney’s Office in New York City who works in the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Bureau. She’s also the mother of two.

One day while Jill was eating lunch on a park bench, she noticed two young girls playing on the jungle gym. The girls ran over to a woman who was engrossed in a book. Jill realized that this woman was their nanny and the toddlers were essentially unsupervised. Jill observed the girls play for nearly an hour as the nanny continued to read. These girls could have easily run off into the busy Manhattan streets or wandered off at the hand of a stranger. Jill wanted to communicate to the girls’ parents about the substandard care their daughters were receiving. But how? Who were these girls?

As a working mother, Jill knew she would want to be notified if her nanny was being negligent.

As an Assistant District Attorney, Jill has seen too many cases of children who were hurt by their adult caregivers. While she does her best to bring these offenders to justice, as a prosecutor she knows it’s difficult to take action without parents being aware of any abuse.

How It Works:

A small “license plate” with their website, www.howsmynanny.com, and a unique identifying number is attached to your child’s stroller. Should a concerned citizen want to report an “event” to the child’s parents, it’s simple. Just go to HowsMyNanny.com, put in that child’s unique license plate number, describe what you saw and the parent is notified via email. The Good Samaritan could even choose to remain anonymous.

So, now you see why Popular Baby Products has partnered up with HowsMyNanny.com to promote their cause. You can read our review of their service HERE, or, better yet, visit www.howsmynanny.com to learn more about this important service. Their Site, truly is, Your Sight.