Searching for a teacher-nanny

[Anonymous]

OP, try White House nannies if you are looking for that. You can also try posting in the local colleges, like AU. This used to be easier to find when the job market was really lousy (especially for people with teaching degrees -- now my understanding is that it's pretty easy to find a good position if you have a teaching degree or similar).

However, if you want my unsolicited opinion, I'm not sure this is worth the premium. I went to Ivy League schools and my kids are in gifted programs now. We used the standard nannies that had a mix of educational backgrounds, ranging from not much to some college here or college abroad. For young children, what matters most is a loving supportive person who is going to expose them to different experiences and do things like sing to them and take them to the park to play. The research on early childhood brain development backs this up. If you need someone to help them with their homework after 4th grade or so, then yes a college degree will help (particularly if the person took math).

I do think that people without nanny experience might not get what a grind it is. Our nanny that was the least successful -- lasted two weeks -- was a professional from a field that dealt with children. She found the day to day grind of dealing with kids all day long and arbitrating their silly disputes and dealing with their often irrational responses to life, to be not at all what she had envisioned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one I know argues about nannies taking care of the child’s laundry. Now if it’s the parents’ laundry, that would be crossing the line to housekeeping duties.

That's your opinion. Other nannies feel differently. And again, doing light housework for 2 hours to fill up hours while child is in preschool/elementary school does not make one a housekeeper.

No. It is called Job Creep. Nannies DO NOT DO HOUSEWORK ecxept to clean up after child while, and only while, she is on duty. Nannies do not clean up your overnight or weekend filth and they do not do housework of any kind for adults--light or otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one I know argues about nannies taking care of the child’s laundry. Now if it’s the parents’ laundry, that would be crossing the line to housekeeping duties.

That's your opinion. Other nannies feel differently. And again, doing light housework for 2 hours to fill up hours while child is in preschool/elementary school does not make one a housekeeper.

No. It is called Job Creep. Nannies DO NOT DO HOUSEWORK ecxept to clean up after child while, and only while, she is on duty. Nannies do not clean up your overnight or weekend filth and they do not do housework of any kind for adults--light or otherwise.

Again, that's your opinion, not a fact. Plenty of nannies do some housework particularly as their charges age. It's called being flexible about your job duties so you're not hopping from family to family ever 2 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one I know argues about nannies taking care of the child’s laundry. Now if it’s the parents’ laundry, that would be crossing the line to housekeeping duties.

That's your opinion. Other nannies feel differently. And again, doing light housework for 2 hours to fill up hours while child is in preschool/elementary school does not make one a housekeeper.

No. It is called Job Creep. Nannies DO NOT DO HOUSEWORK ecxept to clean up after child while, and only while, she is on duty. Nannies do not clean up your overnight or weekend filth and they do not do housework of any kind for adults--light or otherwise.

Again, that's your opinion, not a fact. Plenty of nannies do some housework particularly as their charges age. It's called being flexible about your job duties so you're not hopping from family to family ever 2 years.

Ugh... you again...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one I know argues about nannies taking care of the child’s laundry. Now if it’s the parents’ laundry, that would be crossing the line to housekeeping duties.

That's your opinion. Other nannies feel differently. And again, doing light housework for 2 hours to fill up hours while child is in preschool/elementary school does not make one a housekeeper.

No. It is called Job Creep. Nannies DO NOT DO HOUSEWORK ecxept to clean up after child while, and only while, she is on duty. Nannies do not clean up your overnight or weekend filth and they do not do housework of any kind for adults--light or otherwise.

Again, that's your opinion, not a fact. Plenty of nannies do some housework particularly as their charges age. It's called being flexible about your job duties so you're not hopping from family to family ever 2 years.

Ugh... you again...

We think the same about you. Your proclamations about what "nannies do" and "what nannies do not do" are neither accurate nor helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one I know argues about nannies taking care of the child’s laundry. Now if it’s the parents’ laundry, that would be crossing the line to housekeeping duties.

That's your opinion. Other nannies feel differently. And again, doing light housework for 2 hours to fill up hours while child is in preschool/elementary school does not make one a housekeeper.

No. It is called Job Creep. Nannies DO NOT DO HOUSEWORK ecxept to clean up after child while, and only while, she is on duty. Nannies do not clean up your overnight or weekend filth and they do not do housework of any kind for adults--light or otherwise.

Again, that's your opinion, not a fact. Plenty of nannies do some housework particularly as their charges age. It's called being flexible about your job duties so you're not hopping from family to family ever 2 years.

Ugh... you again...

We think the same about you. Your proclamations about what "nannies do" and "what nannies do not do" are neither accurate nor helpful.

No, Dear, actually “we” don’t think that. Several posters have been clear on the distinction. Nannies care for and teach children. Their chores center on anything and everything for the child (child’s laundry, child’s meals, etc). You may have a housekeeper who babysits but you do not have a nanny.

[Anonymous]

Op I'm a former teacher currently available as a nanny. Please feel free to contact me if you're still in need of nanny services [e-mail]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op I'm a former teacher currently available as a nanny. Please feel free to contact me if you're still in need of nanny services [e-mail]

Thank you, PP. We found a wonderful nanny and feel truly blessed. Best of luck to you.