Table of Contents

What's a Granny-Nanny?
A Note to a Fellow Grandparent, Be You a He or a She
A Word to the Parent, Whether You′re on Your Own or in a Partnership
Who’s Minding the Children Now?

PART I: OH, THE WONDERFUL CHOICES PARENTS HAVE
Chapter 1 The Group Experience
Chapter 2 The In-Home Experience
Chapter 3 Family and Friends
Chapter 4 The Granny-Nanny

PART II: AND WHADDAYA THINK OF THAT?
Chapter 5 A Child's View of the Granny-Nanny
Chapter 6 A Grandparent′s View of the Granny-Nanny
Chapter 7 A Parents’ View of the Granny-Nanny

PART III: CHILD SAFETY
Chapter 8 Childproofing Your Home
Chapter 9 On the Move
Chapter 10 Emergency Preparedness

PART IV: TALK, TALK, TALK
Chapter 11 Too Much of a Good Thing: Which Granny-Nanny?
Chapter 12 Your Place or Mine?
Chapter 13 Money Matters
Chapter 14 Teacher′s Pets
Chapter 15 Little Things Add Up
Chapter 16 "He Said, She Said"

PART V: CONTROVERSY
Chapter 17 Discipline
Chapter 18 Abuse
Chapter 19 A Quiz

PART VI: MAKING THE BEST OF IT
Chapter 20 The special child
Chapter 21 Divorce or Worse
Chapter 22 Ending the Relationship

AFTER WORD: 100 YEARS OF CHILDCARE

PART VII: APPENDICESM
Appendix 1 Activities
Appendix 2 Granny-Nanny Refresher Course
Appendix 3 Age-Appropriate Books
Appendix 4 Age-Appropriate Toys
Appendix 5 Resources
Appendix 6 Childcare Accreditation Services

Acknowledgments