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[quote=Anonymous]Hello. One of those uber nannies here. As much as I've adored caring for many fine children over the years, I can never replace you. Your children desparately need their parents.
I'm embarrassed to say how long it took me to see that.

I'll forever remember what one particular mom once told me. After I had given her notice, she told me I was "irreplaceable", and would therefore put her own career on hold, until her child was old enough for school. It was my first professional nanny job, many years ago.

Looking back, I didn't fully comprehend what she meant, at the time. Sure, I may have been the best even then, but I believe what she was really saying, was that she wasn't going to introduce another 'stranger' into her child's life. She understood the essential need of "permanence" in her young child's world.

Fast forward. Today this child has become a well-known specialist in her field, who many of you have seen on tv and quoted in popular literature. The family and I have stayed in-touch over the years. I am in utter awe of the attention this person received throughout her upbringing. Her parents made the hard choices early on, and now have a brilliant, socially aware, happy and beautiful adult child.

Currently, I prefer to work with several families on a part-time basis, either short-term or long-term. My dedicated focus is to support parents who need it, but never to "replace" them in any way. I want a parent to be with their child more waking hours, than I am. This is what I have seen first-hand, to attain the results, that most parents desire.

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