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Reply to "Nanny is inattentive in public, what to do?"
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[quote=Anonymous]I can tell you just from interacting with nannies a lot via my work that this is 95% of all nannies in DC when they are out in public spaces with kids. At best what you get is a group of nannies who will get together and let their kids play and interact while the nannies socialize which at least doesn't involve phone use (though nannies certainly will still be on their phones during this time). It's also extremely common for nannies to take children to under age 3 to activities meant for a caregiver and child to do together and for the nanny to just look at her phone and socialize with other nannies while the kids participate on their own (sometimes to the consternation of event teachers and organizers who are suddenly in charge of a group of 15 2 year olds with no other supervision -- I have seen librarians and others simply end events because such a large percentage of the kids are not being attended to by their caregivers and it just devolves into chaos. This is not some anti-nanny position -- these are also the behaviors that most parents engage in when out with their kids (looking at phones or socializing with other adults). But it is a common complaint from parents who hire nannies and I do understand that part of the point of hiring a nanny is to pay them to interact with and play with your child and not just to be a disinterested supervisor in case your child needs immediate medical attention or to be fed or changed. But I can tell you it's very hard to find nannies who will put that level of effort in all the time and at least in DC the culture of nannies is that outings to parks and other public areas are sort of built in down time for them (I don't know what any of these nannies are like when supervising kids at home).[/quote]
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