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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the 13-year-old was very good and responsible. Sure he missed his bus, but I assume there was another one coming in 30 minutes. If he was truly uncomfortable with the situation but didn't speak up, he may want to practice being more assertive in the future.

The nanny's actions seem not particularly responsible, not because a random stranger *you* approach for help is likely to harm your child (probability of that? < 0.0001%) but because the person she approached was so young and clearly waiting for a bus. However, we don't know what kind of emergency lead her to take her chances like this. And clearly she picked the right guy.

If she was my nanny I would want to know if she made a habit of this, but a single incident, provided it involved a legitimate emergency, would not worry me at all.[/quote]

Nope.  I'd fire her.  Right then, right there.

I can see maybe leaving a dog tied to a post or even with a stranger if I had to pop into a school real quick.  But a child?  No way.  Why on earth couldn't the woman bring the child into the school with her.  It just makes no sense.  Sounds more like laziness than an emergency to me...[/quote]

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