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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just wanted to note that I was a SAHM pre-Covid and most of the things I did with my kid I was around a lot of nannies. Storytime, playground, music class, etc.. And yes, I knew they were nannies not parents, because I talked to them and got to know many them. One of them is now our occasional babysitter because I got to know her on the playground and she likes our family and I know she's great with kids.

And yes, upwards of 50% of nannies spend a significant amount of time when they are caring for kids on their phones. Sorry. I'm not judging. It actually made me feel better about my occasional phone use, and some of those nannies taught me how to to let my kid be more independent on the playground once she was old enough. I learned to sit on a bench and read a book or look at my phone and check in on her every few minutes, but not have to go around and play with her the whole time (well, sometimes she'd ask for this and I did it but she also learned to be independent).

But yeah, some of the nannies it was a problem where you could tell they were just totally checked out. I think it's less of an issue if it's a share or there are siblings, and the kids play well together. And I think it's less of an issue with a newborn who is sleeping all the time, or with an older kid who is focused on other kids. But yes, there are lots and lots of nannies of kids age 6-24mo who just are not interacting that much with the kids.

At our library story time, this was such an issue that the librarians would come out at the beginning of story time to make a clear announcement that adults could not be on their phones during story time, and were expected to sit with the kids and interact in the story time. It got a little better after they started cracking down (before that, one group of nannies would sit in the back of the room and take to each other and stare at their phones while their kids wandered around the room -- it was very disruptive), but still not great.

Anyway, if you think your nanny never looks at her phone when alone with your kids, you are probably wrong. Some nannies don't, but A LOT do. It's the same as with parents. [/quote]

Yeah your experiences match mine. I was pretty taken aback, actually, by the amount of ignoring of kids/obsessive phone use on playgrounds and at group activities. I think a lot of parents don’t realize this. Phone addiction is a huge problem in our culture. I also see people texting and driving all the time. [/quote]

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