It has recently been reported that the elite nanny training school, Norland College, has taken on it’s biggest number of male recruits in history. Four lovely young men have enrolled this year and the college owes this to the breakdown of gender stereotyping in todays society. Please click on the links below from the Telegraph and the Daily Mail to read the full story…

I took my awesome Nephew, Henry to the park last Wednesday and when we arrived there was a Dad playing with his son on the play equipment. Henry ran straight up to him and asked him ‘Hey, why is it the weekend for you?’ Henry’s Dad, like most of the Dad’s out there, works Monday to Friday and often arrives home either just before bed time or shortly after. This got me thinking, lots of our families are either mums alone, or mums whose partner

For the 8th year running, our Buddies have once again outdone themselves at the Garden House Summer Fair!

Do you think your kids would benefit from a little extra encouragement this summer when it comes to study?
Although it’s important to give your children a break, we don’t want all that hard work we’ve concentrated on over the past year to go to waste! We also don’t want them starting off the new term behind. The summer can be the perfect opportunity to brush up on skills, improve and get ahead!

Just like adults, kids respond better when they know what to expect. This is why it is so important to have a routine in place within the home. Your Buddy can help with this and if you ever need to replace him, passing on the role will be much easier.
When a new candidate registers with My Big Buddy, we run through a series of induction notes. One of the key sections of these notes is the ‘after school routine’. Here it is so you know what you can expect from your Buddy….

What could be better than a real life Pirate coming to your Pirate Party!

We all know how an accident can be quite frightening and shock can sometimes make us forget what to do in an emergency. At My Big Buddy we take the care of our young charges very seriously, so when we came across this Baby and Child First Aid App by the Red Cross, we thought it would be a great App for our Buddies to download onto their phones.

Kids get so much homework these days and the schools have very high expectations of the standard the work should be done to. We think it’s really important for children to strike a good balance of fun, work and down time in their afternoons and our Buddies do a great job at helping to assist with this. Below is a list of tips you can use to encourage your children with their homework: