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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, APRIL 14, 2019
Sitter survey
Parents group seeks input from families with nannies
2019
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BY COLIN MIXSON
The head mom at Park Slope’s
preeminent parents group is
looking to wrangle a few hundred
Kings County parents to
participate in a biennial nanny
survey, which empowers Brooklyn
families with the knowledge
to net quality childcare at the
right price.
“People are more confi dent
in the decisions they make because
of the information that
Park Slope Parents provides,”
said Dr. Susan Fox, founder of
the eponymous Park Slope information
exchange group,
which boasts more than 6,500
members. “It’s Brooklyn’s most
comprehensive survey of nanny
pay standards.”
Fox has leveraged her doctorate
in Communications and Social
Science Research to query
hundreds of Kings County
nanny employers through
her online survey since 2008,
and her questionnaires have
helped fi rst-time parents understand
the pay rates, benefi
ts, responsibilities, and other
concerns associated with hiring
an in-house childcare
professional.
“We’ve had nanny’s stealing
alcohol, shoplifting, pocketing
money for music class, so we’ve
created guides on how to double
check that your nanny is doing
a good job,” said Fox, who noted
that the vast majority of nannies
are on the level, with less
than one-percent of parents reporting
crooked childcare.
So far, Fox has only gotten
about half of the roughly 800 respondents
she needs to fill out
her hotly anticipated report,
and the mom doctor noted that
every year is a battle when it
comes to getting Brooklyn’s
busy nanny bosses to set aside
10 minutes to answer questions
for the greater good.
“It’s a bigger and bigger
challenge every year,” said
Fox. “There’s just so much
info coming into people’s
inboxes.”
In the past, Fox has asked
moms and dads if they cough
up a little extra for their nanny’s
MetroCard and phone expenses,
but this year’s survey
will be the fi rst to questions parents
on whether they feel their
baby sitter’s phone habits get
in the way of their chaperoning
responsibilities.
“There’s defi nitely way too
many people plugged in,” said
Fox. “We’re asking whether or
not parents talk to their nannies
about how much time they
should spend on their phones.”
Parents from across the
borough still have until the
end of April to participate
in Fox’s survey , which she
hopes to release sometime
in May.
Pippa, left, and her sister, Rafaela, inspect their bounty after the Brooklyn
Heights Easter egg hunt. Photo by Caroline Ourso
Egg-citing fi nds
Young Kings Countians scoured Pierrepont Playground for the green
space’s annual Easter egg hunt on April 6. The outing, sponsored by the
Brooklyn Heights Association, drew families to the Pierrepont Place
park from all over the Heights, such as local kindergartner Patrick
Gorman, who teamed up with his friends to fi nd the hidden treasures,
according to his mom. “Patrick loved that all his friends were there,” said
Silvana Gorman. Gorman and her husband brought their three kids —
Grace, 2, Patrick, 5, and Sofi a, 10 — for a day of hunting treats, making Easter
drawings, and enjoying the spring warmth, a world away from the year
before, according to Gorman.
— Aidan Graham
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