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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was kinda ready to say you’re overreacting, but those are young kids that need supervision.  I can see the 6 year olds running between houses, but at 2 and 3 the little ones will obviously need close supervision.  Do they send the younger child over regularly?[/quote]

Yes. They think it's unfair to send the 6 yo because their 3 yo gets upset if the 6 yo comes over without her. [/quote]

And then they expect the nanny to watch all four kids at their house?  Oy, yea, they’re too much.   I get that you might want to handle this a bit carefully.  I think the plan to do classes is a good one.   Sorry, op, I see the issue now.  [/quote]

Thanks, I'm really struggling with this because we truly love the other family and value their friendship. We love their children. I love the bonds that my children have grown to have with theirs and I even love the idea of all the kids playing every afternoon. But ultimately, I have to have my childcare situation stable and I feel like they're throwing a wrench into it whenever they see an opportunity for themselves. The only way I can think to fix this without doing irreparable harm to our relationship is to do things like sign the kids up for classes, tell the nannies to the kids to more after school activities, etc. I'm just so frustrated and I really appreciate you all letting me vent. [/quote]

They didn't want to spring $$ for a car seat?    They also regularly send a pre-schooler over to your house?

You may love them, but their actions = takers & users.

They should have long ago offered additional money to your nannies.[/quote]

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To elaborate:  the cheap neighbor should have offered fair market value to your nanny, OP - not whatever the cheap neighbor "felt like" paying the nanny - which we all know is zero.[/quote]

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