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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op I’ve never had a nanny but know all about my sisters experiences with hers. Ironically, the worst were childless nannies! Always late, “sick”, calling out, lazy with light housework and so on. Her best nanny (who is now a family friend) was mother to a 5 year old and also pregnant at one point. Insanely reliable, probably bc she had a kid and knew what it’s like. [/quote]

“Light housework”?  We all know what kind of nannies you employ. [/quote]

Picking up toys, cleaning up after kids meal prep/dishwasher are all related to the job, no? [/quote]

+1 Plenty of nannies do light housework.  In fact those are often the ones who don't have to find a new job every year because their job duties morph as their charges grow older.[/quote]
Nannies may do tasks related to their charge.[/quote]

Which is never called “light housework”.  And lots of nannies today specialize in infant/toddler care or have no interest in working for a family once the youngest starts school.

I think you have a really outdated idea of what parents want in a nanny today.  We want teachers not cleaners. [/quote]

I’m surprised you can’t understand that different nannies have different job duties, just as different types of doctors and teachers perform different duties based on their preferences and skilled.   All the people I know who have had long term nannies have had them do different types of duties as the kids change in age.  The nannies who I interviewed who turned their noses up at folding laundry were the nannies who had tons of turnover in their job history.  [/quote]

Again, not all nannies want to stay after the child is in school.  If you want a housekeeper-nanny, your post is true.  If you want a teacher-nanny, your post is wrong.  [/quote]

some nannies get attached to their charges and want to stay with them, even if the duties become more housekeeper nanny in nature.  If you don't mind jumping from position to position every 2-3 years, well, you do you. we've gone out of our way to keep our spectacular nanny even when we didn't need so many hours from her, and she's been happy to accommodate because she loves our kids.[/quote]

+1  nannies who want any sort of job stability will adapt as their kids grow.[/quote]

You are purposely not understanding the points made.  Yes, of course, some nannies will adjust and become housekeepers but none of those nannies were ever the teacher/nanny type.  Why are you belaboring this?  Of course you can find a loving nanny, usually a foreign born woman, who will clean your house and babysit your children.  [/quote]
This is exactly correct. When your job becomes something different, so does your title. The person cleaning your house, is your cleaner or housekeeper. Perhaps she does your babysitting on the side.[/quote]

I clean my house sometimes, doesn't make me a housekeeper.  A nanny is a nanny even when their mix of duties adjusts.    You don't need to insult foreign born women who prioritize a stable job with a good family, rather than job hopping every 2 years because they can't stomach the thought of emptying the dishwasher.[/quote]

Yes, many elementary school teachers become the school janitor when their principal’s request their job change.

Come on, PP!  You still don’t get it!  Everyone has been trying to explain it to you and the posts fly over your head!  [/quote]

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