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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the second year our nanny has been with our family. She is a kind person and reliable, but there have been constant performance issues. We have discussed them with her at various points and things change temporarily, but always return to baseline.

In a situation like this, how much notice would you give your nanny if you decide to let her go earlier than you discussed previously but are trying to do it kindly so she has time to find a new position? She is expecting to stay with our family through the summer but I think we are going to find a new care arrangement in May. Her performance issues range from small to large but include periods of [b]excessive[/b] personal phone use, an [b]inability to manage both our kids[/b] requiring one parent to always be available to deal with the second child, periods of [b]excessive[/b] screen use with the kids, not tidying up and letting the kids make a disaster of the playroom and leave toys scattered in every room of the house, never planning outings/activities so one parent always is responsible for figuring out activities and outings and then telling her what to do, [b]not preparing simple meals[/b] (sandwiches, cutting cheese or fruit) and only serving packaged snacks for meals and lunch, [b]letting kids barge into the office or scream outside the door and not removing them when one parent is in a meeting[/b], etc.

Our children like her, and we think she’d a nice person, but our job performances are both suffering greatly from how hands on we have to be (and trust me, we don’t want to be but the kids would be eating goldfish every meal and never playing outside if we let that happen). Is a month enough time? [/quote]

Change now.  Any competent nanny would not have the bolded issues.  Great nannies don’t have any of the above issues. [/quote]

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