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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The hysteria over asking someone not to use their phone for four hours at a time is emblematic of everything that is wrong with our generation.  It’s actually embarrassing!  Comparing no phone use until lunch break to slavery and idiot nannies claiming they use their phone to ask their grandma’s favorite poem.

This is so embarrassing for nannies and young parents alike.  [/quote]

Exactly! Young infants naps every 1.5-3 hours. Everyone should be able to go without checking their phone for that period of time. People are mentioning emergencies but that is obviously not what OP is talking about. [/quote]

I don’t think anyone’s arguing that one can’t possibly go that long without checking. But if you feel the need to put an outright ban in your contract, then you’re needlessly creating trust issues with someone who you’re entrusting with your baby’s life. There’s also no way to really enforce this unless OP spies on the nanny (or has the housekeeper do it), which just, again, creates trust issues. [/quote]

The objections are to the level of control OP would like to exercise over this woman who is caring for her child. The idea that this woman is literally NOT ALLOWED to touch her phone for any reason while the baby is awake is a level of obsessive control that would make me extremely uncomfortable. In fact, it would make me particularly uncomfortable because I’m NOT addicted to my phone and rarely look at it while caring for a child. I don’t actually even like cell phones much. But if an employer went to these length to prevent me from using one, I would feel so disrespected and distrusted I would have a hard time functioning in that job. I would feel watched and judged all the time.

And I’m exactly the kind of person OP would like to hire! If I feel this way, good luck with anyone else. This is just a creepy, upsetting way to approach hiring a nanny. [/quote]

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