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[quote=Anonymous]Nanny here.  A few thoughts: 
First of all, 
To anyone who thinks professionally successful people are generally fine upstanding people: LOL.  Rich, successful people have just as much baggage as the rest of us, but their baggage is fed by the poor social skills of people who spent the first decade of their adult lives in competition for grades and test scores, AND the egocentric culture of most high-profile, high-net-worth industries.

As for this specific situation, There are basically two demographics of live-in nannies.  There are the high-end nannies, usually with a degree in education, years of experience and often some additional special skills (e.g., sailing, fluent in French, etc.). These live in because they are expected to be extremely flexible and available.  They are paid incredibly well.  Then there are the nannies whose room and board is deducted from her wage.  Often paid off the books.  These are usually either very young American women or youngish, unmarried illegal immigrants.  They are typically paid poorly and treated poorly.

If the nanny in question was in the latter group, she may have just been young and immature and not thinking about her reference.  But for career nannies, my experience is that most nannies absolutely love their charges.  Far more than a reference, we want to stay on good terms so that we can continue to see “our” kids.  For most nannies to quit in this way, would definitely mean that there was something deeply dysfunctional going on in the house.  Violence or sexual harassment come to mind.
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