Looking for Last Minute Holiday Help?

Dec. 17, 2009 - PRLog -- -- Large enough for all your needs, and small enough to know your name.  The personal care you deserve is now right around the corner in University City.  TLC for Kids has been watching kids, houses and pets since 1985…and they really know what to look for!  TLC screens, interviews, runs background checks, TB tests, and ensures the sitter or nanny that comes to your door will be over 18, have childcare experience with verifiable references, and have their own insured transportation.  

It’s the holiday season and families have lots of activities to attend and enjoy.  Some times those activities don’t involve the little ones in the house, or sometimes they take the family away from home over night or for a weekend and nobody is there to watch the cat or the dog.  TLC can help with all these issues and more.  

One of the other events that happen at this time of year is parties in the home.  So the problem is not who will watch the kids, the pets or the house, but instead, how will I ever get this all done in time.  TLC can provide housekeepers and party helpers for your special holiday party or function.  TLC can have a sitter on call just in case a guest, last minute, loses a sitter and needs to bring the kids along or risk not attending at all.  How much better attended will a function be, when the guests know their children will be professionally cared for on site and mom or dad can drop in anytime to make sure everyone is happy.

TLC only represents experienced caregivers with verifiable, good references who are warm, sensitive and alert to the needs of children. Our extensive application and interview process allows TLC and parents to carefully view the caregivers' child care experience, education and work history, personal lifestyle and child care philosophy. Our childcare questionnaires and oral interview questions help us to assess the caregiver's knowledge of early childhood development and their ability to make decisions concerning the safety of their charges.

Sharon Graff-Radell and her sister, Stephanie Graff-Yaffee, both mothers of two, developed TLC to help parents find safe quality in-home child care. They were the first to make sick childcare, on-call nannies, and in-home nanny care available to St. Louis parents. Sharon is currently serving the Board of Directors for the International Nanny Association (INA), of which she has been a member since 1988. Sharon was named Young Entrepreneur for the state of Missouri in 1990. Stephanie has been recruiting and matching nannies with families since she graduated from Emory University in 1989. Together with the assistance of the other professional TLC staff members, they have developed specialized training programs for nannies and postpartum care providers.

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Finding nannies, sitters, and other household employees has never been easier or safer. With over two decades of experience placing nannies with families we are happy to share our knowledge and resources with today’s savvy parents!