Miranda Rawson: Creator

Veteran nanny here! Watch the video to get to know me and my motivations!

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“Miranda came to us in about 2014 and helped with our two boys, during their elementary and middle school years. In the two years that she was with us, we worked together as a team to ensure that our children’s needs were met and their voices were heard. She quickly developed a fun and loving rapport with our youngest son and their friendship grew as that trust solidified. We were all sad to see her go and have maintained a respectful and loving relationship ever since.”

R. Landau (Los Angeles)

“Miranda Rawson worked with us and with our twins as our nanny when they were 9-10 years old. She quickly became an integral part of our family life.

Miranda brought several important skills to the position. With the kids, she was unfailingly kind and completely unflappable, but she was also clear and direct in helping them understand their responsibilities to their family, their friends and one another. Her teaching is subtle and there is intelligence, humor and kindness in her approach.  She was someone we totally trusted with our children and knew she was enriching their lives in many important ways.  She was also a true delight to have as part of our daily lives. 

Miranda has now developed a program to help professionalize the industry and provide training and development to people considering entering the field. We are the first family for whom Miranda nannied and we chose her because, although she had not nannied before, it was clear she had an innate sense of what was needed and how to communicate effectively with us and with our children. Having now worked in the field for more than a dozen years and done graduate training in childhood education, she will certainly have a lot to offer. 

We can recommend her unequivocally to anyone fortunate enough to engage her.”

M. Moss (Washington D.C.)

“Miranda Rawson and I met while nannying for different families. In my time of getting to know her, I found her to not only be dedicated and loyal to the family she worked for, but passionate in developing an understanding with the parents and children. Everyone has such unique personalities, lenses, and needs, and as Miranda educated herself personally and professionally she found language to facilitate healthy conversation for all involved. This allowed for a fun, healthy dynamic between herself, the parents, and the kids. This also carried into our personal friendship and I have found her to not only be a valued friend, but a valued confidant. She listens, speaks when necessary, and offers wisdom that has been hard-won. She also takes constructive criticism, is still constantly updating her understanding of life, and allows herself to be vulnerable.”

K. Chadwick (Los Angeles)

“Miranda was with our family for two fun years near the beginning of her career. During that time we both connected as caregivers and friends as we worked together to put the children first, as a team. Miranda was always open to conversations relating to growth within the nanny spectrum and concerning various tactics related to our children’s wellbeing. I trusted in and championed her relationships with my sons. She is always welcome in our home as part of the family.”

J. Landau (Los Angeles) 

Miranda Rawson was the first and only nanny we had for our boy/girl twins from ages 1 to age 3, and she vastly outperformed our expectations with her work ethic, operational thoughtfulness, professionalism, attention to detail, flexibility, creativity, intellectual curiosity, energy, proactiveness, humor, and love. First and foremost, Miranda exhibited consummate professionalism and put my wife and me at immediate ease with her punctuality, clear communication, focused questions, accurate expectation-setting, job and emergency only iPhone usage while on the job, and obvious pride and desire to perform her nannying responsibilities to the best of her ability. As she ramped up on the job, she consulted us on new ideas to help our kids grow, read relevant literature on best practices for dealing with toddlers, assessed the idiosyncrasies of our kids personalities, and then instituted time-saving and learning-promoting initiatives customized to our family. Miranda demonstrated both flexibility and creativity over the course of her two years with our family and never failed to come up with new activities, games, songs, meals, words, or toys to ensure there was stimulation, novelty, humor, and most importantly love in our household.  To the final point, Miranda developed a lifelong bond with our twins that persists today because of how much thought, work, and love she put into her job and into our family; my twins, my wife, and I miss her daily, but we are thankful that Miranda will be a friend forever.”

T. Benedict (Utah)

“Miranda Rawson came into our lives just as our children were entering their most difficult teenage years. She immediately became our crucial partner in helping them become happy, productive and responsible young adults.  

Her kindness and insight with the kids – and her diligence and professionalism with us – let the whole family relax and enjoy the each other, without the tension and endless arguments so many of our friends had to endure.  We’re couldn’t be more grateful!”

L. Boomer (Los Angeles)

“As new parents of 1-year-old twins, my husband and I were also new to nannies. Miranda was our first interview and afterward, we thought to ourselves, “Did we just strike gold on our first attempt?” After confirming with her references, and then working together for two years, the answer is, YES!  

We discovered Miranda in 2020 during the peak of Covid-19 when the world was uncertain but we needed help as we worked remotely. Finding a nanny you can trust with your children is paramount under normal circumstances, but working with Miranda required a new level of trust when considering our family’s health and each other’s families outside of work. 

When I think of Miranda, three words come to mind: creativity, dedication, and trust. Miranda loves our children, and they love her—based on a strong foundation she established with mutual respect for one another and creating unique bonds with each child. Her agile and holistic approach to childcare consistently delivered constructive strategies for each development stage (from 1 to 3 years old), was hands-on and dressed to engage during indoor and outdoor activities, and recommended key learnings based on her own proactive educational initiatives. We didn’t just get a nanny, we received a team player on our parental journey who always respectfully challenged the status quo, was on time and on schedule, cared for our well-being as parents, and was communicative in managing expectations—helping to ensure we held each other accountable to high standards that were best for our children.

Although no longer our nanny, Miranda will always be a friend and loved member of our family who still makes our children’s smiles shine bright whenever they see her. We will be forever grateful for her inquisitive and positive nature, entertaining and modern learning tactics, and above all loving commitment to our children’s development.”

S. Benedict (Utah)