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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of my friends who had nannies did house work, too.  Maybe it's cultural.  My DD is in daycare so I've never had one but my sister and many other friends always said that their nannies would cook, clean, even do laundry when the baby was sleeping. I remember my sister's nanny would ask them to buy certain products so the nanny could cook them meals while the baby was sleeping.  And no, none of them are low class at all.[/quote]

Were these legal, on-the-books, nannies in the US getting paid OT as appropriate? [/quote]

PP here.  Yes, they actually were.  I know that for a fact.  Nobody is taking advantage of them or having them clean toilets.  That's ridiculous.  But my sister's nanny was a very energetic lady who didn't want to just sit around while the baby was sleeping.  She enjoyed cooking and doing other domestic things so she did them when she had a chance.  I'm sure other nannies wouldn't want to do that but there are plenty who take it upon themselves to help out with more than just the bare minimum.[/quote]

It's sad that you and your sister view caring for a child as bare minimum.

Kind of proves PP's point that families that ask  nannies to do housework don't truly value the work of a nanny.[/quote]

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