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[quote=Anonymous]NP. You were rude. No way would I want some mother or mother in law type hanging around while I'm trying to handle 3 young kids by myself.

And you just have to read DCUM for 5 minutes to understand that what some people consider "oh, she'll be no extra work at all!", others consider "OMG she's an absolute nightmare!" With your plan, your nanny would need to have properly cooked meals all the time, she can't poop with the bathroom door open, etc. All downsides and no upsides for the nanny. Basically she'll still be 100% responsible for any and all things that could go wrong (as you admitted, i.e. "the nanny is the one in charge") but has no privacy to do those things, has no actual authority since what nanny is seriously going to challenge the mom of her boss, she has to work around another person she is forced to be polite to who may or may not be actually creating extra work for her, and she has to have agreement with someone about every single decision because the kids would walk all over her and if nanny told the kids something and then grandma said they could do it anyway. It would even affect the way the kids saw her (lower authority) on later occasions when the grandma isn't even there anymore but the nanny is caring for the kids herself.

Just a terrible idea. And really disrespectful to the nanny. And insulting. Get a nanny cam if you're that worried, don't put an old woman there to annoy her constantly, judge everything she does (and report back to you, no doubt) and micromanage or even undermine her in front of the kids.[/quote]

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