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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The kids are not in danger and she’s fine, but she held herself out as having more experience and a higher skill level than she does. We’re putting the kids in camp/daycare starting mid-June.

- When do I tell her? How much notice?

I really don’t want to end up with no care the first couple weeks of June.

- Is providing severance typical? How much?

This has been a very expensive childcare experiment, so I’m not interested in spending more than I have to.

Thanks for sharing your experience.[/quote]

Based on the fact that you are saying it's been costly and you don't want to be out of care, maybe tell her the two weeks before that you've liked working with her very much, but you feel the kids would benefit from having more social interaction. Explain to her that you were torn and these places in camps opened up, so you feel it's a good opportunity to see if that will help them grow in XYZ way. Tell her you'll give a great reference and obviously help her post for jobs. I think that would help alleviate my anxiety that she might take this out on the kids. Losing a job is always stressful and you don't want someone to snap and hurt your kids due to financial stress.

Or you could wait until a week before camp starts and tell her that camp is starting, but you'll pay her for the one week when they are in camp if she wants to help in other ways with errands or whatever. Personally I've never let a nanny go when I couldn't work from home during the "notice" period but that is just me.

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