A nanny household manager/family assistant can be hired on a part time or full time basis. These professional nannies are hired by a family to provide outstanding care for their children as well as managing various aspects of the home. Nanny managers may be responsible for transporting children to and from school and other activities, ensuring homework is done, coordinating play dates and other social outings, grocery shopping, meal preparation, running errands, scheduling appointments and travel, organizing the household, families laundry and dry cleaning, pet care, handling maintenance pertaining to the household and managing other hired vendors or employees of the residence. Nanny managers can perform a plethora of tasks takes to keep the household running smooth.