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[quote=Anonymous]If OP really can't afford the nanny during the shutdown and has to let her go then she has to let her go. If there isn't any money to pay her then there aren't many options.

I am not sure how much this will really benefit OP. If she furloughs her nanny she can't expect her nanny to wait out the shutdown and return. Most nannies make a fraction of a fed's salary and need every paycheck to make ends meet. Unless the nanny has a spouse with a good income or a savings account from past income, the nanny won't be able to go long without money. So if she takes another job now OP has to advertise, interview and hire a new nanny and have her trained and ready to go for when the shutdown ends. Yet no one knows when that will be so the new nanny would have to be okay with not having a set start date - which makes giving notice or budgeting very difficult.

Secondly most people who work full time realize that the nanny is the primary caregiver, and the person spending the most waking hours in the week with their child/children. Having multiple caregivers and breaking these strong attachments is not healthy for the kids. Not only did the nanny they cared about 'disappear', they also now have a stranger who doesn't know them, or their routines, or their likes/dislikes and they have to start the relationship and bonding all over again. Additionally OP has to deal with everything that goes into having a new nanny and the adjustment period.

So other than the new nanny who now has a job or better job, no one else wins. The old nanny has to find new work, Op has to find and train a new nanny with an open start date, and the kids lose an important relationship, continuity and have to get to know another person who is suddenly in their home and lives 50+ hours a week.

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