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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the real-life families I know who hire nannies expect light housework but every nanny on DCUM claims it’s a crime against humanity to expect. Something weird going on there.

And then the DCUM nannies say, if you expect light housework your nanny will compromise on care and just sit your kid in front of a screen while they’re doing those tasks. As if every single SAHM is providing her kids with sub-par care because she’s also maintaining the household cleanliness.  It’s wild. [/quote]

I don't really have an opinion on nanny housework, as I've never used a nanny, but I also think that the idea of an adult, whether a parent or paid, doing nothing but doting on a child is problematic.  It's good for kids to be told they need to play alone so the adult can put the dishes in the dishwasher.  It's good for kids to go places that are boring like the grocery store, and learn to adapt their behavior to the environment.  Not every minute of every day, but for portions of the day.  Kids in daycare, or kids with SAHP's and siblings, or kids whose parent is at home but has another responsibility get this naturally, and they turn out fine.  [/quote]

Of course the nannies who tirelessly post on here about “omg nannies aren’t maids don’t ask them to unload a dishwasher!” aren’t actually doting on the kids. They’re on their phones. Policing the expectations of parents on the internet all day. [/quote]

That isn’t true.  [/quote]

+1. It isn’t true and is so hurtful.   Nannies, especially the experienced and educated ones, work so hard for the benefit of their charges.  They chose this profession.  Yet because they don’t wash floors or do the pick up their employers laundry from the floor, they are insulted and lied about.  [/quote]

:roll:  they can’t even match a SAHM in productivity. No insult. Just facts. [/quote]

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