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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you don't sound judgmental at all.  Most kids are ridiculously over scheduled here.  Some parents are raely interested in their own kids.  It's pretty obvious.

OP, are you having issues with some moms trying to "use" you more often than others, or not reciprocating at all?   I know moms who try to do this: "oh, she has a nanny...."  Yes jerk we have a nanny because we have absolutely zero other options, family 500 miles away....unlike the moms who are trying to use someone else's nanny! You get the picture.  If this is the case, just say no.

Once the kids are a certain age they will require less supervision.  But expecting a one year old to entertain themselves without harassing the next door neighbors/parent at the park/whatever who are trying to enjoy their own children is just plain ridiculous.  Why are some parents so lazy?  They resort to name calling like "helicopter", when really, before a certain age, it s simply minimal parenting.  It's nice when the other person's kid isn't chewing on poisonous ant traps and the parent is mindful of this for example.

I tell my nanny if the other parent is ignoring their own kid, you have permission to ignore their kid, too.  Their own parent sets the scene, not anyone else.  This is especially true at playgrounds, where so many parents would clearly rather be on their phone (of course, they would not admit this, but their own kid sees it).  Free daycare my ass.

What some parents don't realize is that some parents don't get a break (or many breaks), and them looking for a free ride on my my break is just going to piss me off.  Plainly and understandably.  I see it all the time, and my tolerance is zero.  Some parents try to get cozy with the nanny so they can use them, them the mom finds out - and look out!   You notice it is never the easy children?  News flash:  you have to pay your own nanny like the rest of us!

I've seen moms try to get their hair done while another's nanny takes on the extra kids.  Not for long.

That said, spontaneous is much easier than trying to plan, IMHO. Mutual and reciprocal is ALWAYS best, because the nanny never has the last say, the mom does.       [/quote]

Dude, next time try the decaf. And maybe a Xanax. [/quote]

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