In the early days of the Lulu & Leo Fund, one of the biggest challenges we faced was -- how could we use our unique and terrible experience to help others.

We still make excuses until pushed to give a warning that their "job performance" isn't up to par. The resentment and anger crops up and rankles between us. Once it shows up, like weeds in a garden, it overtakes the beauty of the relationship that our nanny once shared with our children.

It was Caregiver Zero's astounding ineptitude and raging hostility that propelled me to learn everything that I needed to know about hiring the best possible nannies thereafter. And now I share with you the Seven Fundamentals of Effective Nanny-Hiring.

In a brief jailhouse interview, a former New York City nanny denied murdering two children who were in her care.