Would you ask your nanny to do this while kid is sick with covid?

[Anonymous]

We have two kids, one contracted covid at school last week (became sick over the weekend) and has been isolating since. The other child per her school's rules must quarantine this week even though she's healthy and has tested negative. As soon as kid 1 tested positive we gave the nanny the week off. I'm juggling WFH, caring for sick kid (although just mildly sick), and managing well kid who is home and bored. Would you ask your nanny in this scenario to take the well kid to the playground for a couple hours if (1) well kid has a negative at-home covid test that same day, (2) well kid wears a kn95 mask and is generally good about keeping masks on properly, (3) family provides nanny with kn95 mask, (4) all people involved are fully vaccinated, (5) nanny is not asked to enter the house at all.

[Anonymous]

I’d be fine doing this if I was your Nanny/sitter.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s fine to ask, but I’d be sure the nanny knew that there would be no hard feelings or repercussions if she declines — especially because you already gave her the week off, so it’s like taking back vacation time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s fine to ask, but I’d be sure the nanny knew that there would be no hard feelings or repercussions if she declines — especially because you already gave her the week off, so it’s like taking back vacation time.

OP here. Thanks for the feedback, but I do not think it's like taking vacation time back and I don't think she would see it that way. She still has all her vacation time at her disposal and will still get off when we vacation over the summer. My concern is that I don't want to ask her to do something that would make her uncomfortable from a health perspective.

[Anonymous]

Definitely not OK to do this IMO.

[Anonymous]

No, kids need to stay home.

[Anonymous]

If you already gave her the week off, you shouldn’t ask.

[Anonymous]

No, I don't think it's okay to ask. You gave her the week off, she probably made plans, now you're going to ask her to come back to work and potentially expose herself? No.

[Anonymous]

How old are kids, and how would they get to playground?

I would answer differently for a 6 year old who can walk to the playground without an adult holding their hand and an 18 month old or a shared car ride.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you already gave her the week off, you shouldn’t ask.

I assume she means next week and week after. Quarantine kid will have quite a few more days to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s fine to ask, but I’d be sure the nanny knew that there would be no hard feelings or repercussions if she declines — especially because you already gave her the week off, so it’s like taking back vacation time.

OP here. Thanks for the feedback, but I do not think it's like taking vacation time back and I don't think she would see it that way. She still has all her vacation time at her disposal and will still get off when we vacation over the summer. My concern is that I don't want to ask her to do something that would make her uncomfortable from a health perspective.

Is she off this week with or without pay? If you gave her this week off with pay, you already turned it into vacation time.

[Anonymous]

Hard no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, kids need to stay home.

OP here. Per CDC guidelines the child does not need to stay home if the child is fully vaccinated which is the case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you already gave her the week off, you shouldn’t ask.

I think people are reading that differently than what really happened. I told her the child was sick and that for the time being she should be off to protect herself. We've been in touch daily and she's been helping with errands. But she's not coming to the home of course because of the sick child. It's not like I literally told her she got an extra week of vacation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, kids need to stay home.

OP here. Per CDC guidelines the child does not need to stay home if the child is fully vaccinated which is the case.

I would tell you no if I were the nanny. The cdc is not the one taking care of the kid.