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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If never accept a nanny job if I couldn’t take kids places. 10-12 hour days stuck in the house. No thanks. Even now, we go somewhere every other day. Hiking, peaks with streams, playgrounds that aren’t crowded, etc. [/quote]

Who said you can’t take kids places while driving 10 minutes away or walking to neighbourhood parks or playing in backyard? Do you have to drive more than 20min to all those places?

And how is it 10-12h? In an 8h shift where 30 min is spent on lunch, 2h nap and 20-30min on bath that leaves you with two 2-2.5h blocks pre and post nap. If you can’t find any suitable activities to entertain kids  for 2hrs you might want to reconsider your choice of career.[/quote]

Why? They live at least 20 minutes from anywhere. The nearest playground is around 25ish minutes away. The family lives in the country. I’ve never worked an 8 hour shift as a nanny. Never. Parents work at least 9-10 hours a day plus a commute. The kids are 5 and 6 so they haven’t napped in years. And I’m of giving them a bath either. I work from 7-6 most days and sometimes longer. 11 hours a day in the house is boring. Even the kids get bored. There are a million things to do outside the house so why not do them? I didn’t choose where the family lives. They did. The like having lots of land but that means having to drive to get anywhere. [/quote]

25 min to get to a park?! They must live in the boonies, which is why they’re gone so many hours. I’m glad our nanny can just take our kids on a walk to 3 different parks and we have lots of amenities 5-10 min. drive away. No way would I want my kids spending lots of their day in a car getting schlepped places.[/quote]

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