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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're currently looking for a full-time nanny to replace our (amazing) part-time nanny since I'm going back to work full-time. I don't know if it's rational, but I've been automatically rejecting 95% of profiles I see or applications I get because the person writes badly/has terrible grammar/obviously has poor English skills. I used to teach at a very expensive private school in NYC and noticed that many of my students did not have as high level vocabularies as I would have expected - another teacher told me this was because many of them were[b] essentially raised by nannies originally from another country [/b]who didn't speak English very well. I know that many foreign-born nannies are good down to their bones, love their charges, are capable, and do all kinds of fun and enriching activities with them. But ... [b]I've read so many studies on the impact of surrounding children with high-level vocabulary and conversation[/b]. My children are in preschool, so it seems maybe more important than if I had an infant. I know I could ask a nanny to speak Spanish to my children, but for a few reasons that doesn't work well for our situation right now. Do you think my instincts (to insist on a nanny with great English) are reasonable, or am I missing out on better candidates? Is English ability important to you? [/quote]

You write badly. [/quote]

No, she does not write poorly.  Stop embarrassing yourself.  [/quote]

DP, but she does make poor arguments. The problem with children with poorly developed vocabularies is that their parents - who are probably educated - do not engage with them, not because of their nannies. That's what the studies on vocabulary size attest. OP is conflating that with the nannies without basis other than some off-hand comment from an old colleague.[/quote]

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