Whether you’re a parent preparing for two or a nanny stepping into a twin household for the first time, these tried, tested, and true tips can help ease the load and boost the joy.

When you’re a new parent, the chaos is expected but nothing quite prepares you for it. When you’re a new parent of twins, during a global pandemic, while trying to maintain a marriage and a job? That chaos becomes something else entirely.

Let’s face it, some conversations feel hard. Whether it’s talking to children about death, racism, divorce, difference, or injustice, it’s tempting to shield them or smooth things over. But at Pro Nannies, we believe in nurturing emotionally intelligent, socially aware children and that starts with honest, age-appropriate conversations.

At Pro Nannies, we believe childcare isn’t just a service but a relationship built on empathy, respect, and genuine understanding. However even with the best of intentions, bias can quietly influence how we connect, discipline, teach, and respond to children and families. That’s why it’s so important to understand unconscious bias — what it is, how it shows up, and what we can do about it.

Pro Nannies Playdate, co-hosts Layla and Rée return for the second half of a powerful conversation exploring the racialised lens through which professionalism is often judged especially for Black women working in predominantly white, middle- and upper-class family settings.

This is the first half of a two-part conversation where they get deeply personal, sharing stories from their lives as Black British women in childcare, and reflecting on the ways their identity has shaped their experience as professional nannies.