Parenting guidance, expert nanny care, and tools to raise children rooted in faith, love, and purpose.
"I have spent 35 years in homes just like yours, holding newborns, raising toddlers, and guiding teenagers, and I've seen firsthand what makes the difference in a child's life. It starts at home. It starts with you."
"As a certified professional nanny with over three decades of experience, I created It Starts at Home to equip parents with the tools, wisdom, and confidence to raise children rooted in faith, love, and purpose."
"Because you don't have to figure this out alone. God called you to this. And He will equip you for it."
"I'm Tonya Skelly, and I'm here to walk alongside you."
Bring your hardest questions. Leave with a plan you can put to work tonight.
For parents anywhere in the country. Private, focused, scheduled around your week.
Available to families in the Salisbury and greater Charlotte area. The deeper, hands-on engagement.
After thirty-five years caring for newborns to teenagers, I take on a limited number of nanny engagements each year. The same approach that raised more than ten infants and served families across America and around the world. Quiet excellence. Steady love. A faith-rooted home.
One workshop at a time. Built for churches, conferences, and mom groups.
Perfect for Sunday services, women's conferences, mom group nights, and special church events. A focused message rooted in scripture and three and a half decades of caring for children.
Designed to equip parents with practical strategies, tools, and confidence for everyday parenting challenges. Interactive, structured, and built to send people home with something they can use tomorrow morning.
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Newborn to teenager. The questions every parent asks, addressed plainly.
I was born in the Philippines and raised around the world as the daughter of a United States Air Force serviceman who gave 23 years to his country. Moving from place to place taught me early that home isn't a location, it's the people you love and the faith you carry with you.
My father retired in Fort Worth, Texas, and it was there, at the age of 17, that I followed a quiet calling to care for children. In 1989, I enrolled at the Nanny Institute of Beverly Hills, completing a full year of training and my internship before earning my certification as a professional nanny.
Over 35 years, I had the profound privilege of helping raise more than ten infants and caring for countless children across America and around the world. I worked alongside dual-income families, stay-at-home parents, and single dads, adapting to each household while bringing the same steady love and devotion to every child.
In June 2025, after three and a half decades of service, I retired from nannying, not to rest, but to step fully into the next chapter God had been preparing for me.
Five seasons of one calling.
The first of many places I'd call home, growing up as a proud Air Force brat.
Enrolled in professional nanny training. Certified and ready to serve families around the globe.
Ten infants raised. Countless children loved. Families in every season of life served with devotion.
Established a local prayer ministry in Rowan County. Planting seeds for what would grow into a statewide movement.
A movement uniting believers and strengthening communities across the state through prayer.
"Every child I have held, helped raise and every family I have served, it has been rooted in my faith in Jesus Christ."
"He has been my constant through every season, every city, and every chapter of this beautiful life. The children I raised know of my close walk with the Lord."
Married to my best friend, Greg, a retired Army officer. Happily settled in Salisbury, North Carolina, with our two extremely furry dogs.
We worship and serve together at Nazareth Community Church, a Bible-believing and Bible-preaching church in Rockwell, NC.
A growing statewide prayer movement in its fifth year, dedicated to uniting believers and strengthening communities through prayer. www.pray-nc.com
For parents, caregivers, and anyone raising children with intention.
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