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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]guessing she'll quit.[/quote]

She should.

I couldn’t imagine working for any of these horrible posters in this thread demanding more work for same pay. [/quote]

How are they demanding more work?!  It’s just different work!

You’re being utterly ridiculous, PP.  [/quote]

You should try to calm down. You sound ridiculously bothered and offended. If you don’t agree then you don’t agree.

Then you need to reread the Op. Lastly, you need to gain an understanding of what it takes to actually put together a curriculum for a 5 year old. [/quote]

I am nanny and a former teacher so I understand exactly what putting together a curriculum for a five-year-old looks like.  OP isn’t asking for constant tutoring.  She’s asking for more enriching activities.  This is not difficult to do for a nanny who is a former preschool teacher and art teacher.

And yes, the attitudes of some posters does bother me.  These posters present nannies as inflexible, money-grubbing imbeciles incapable of coming up with a few fun and enriching activities for their charges (who are suddenly stuck home without structure or socialization of preschool).  [/quote]

Well your attitude bothers me and you are choosing to be obtuse. Op specifically said she wanted her nanny to switch from playmate to homeschool. She made a point to mention the nanny was a former teacher but was hired as a playmate. Op expects her nanny to change her assigned and expected duties without Op discussing them first. Op also doesn’t even actually know how she wants to implement this as she cannot even discuss it with her nanny.

I imagine you are a nanny who is underpaid and taken advantage of under the guise of helping the family out. It’s not the nannies job to decide to change her role during a pandemic. Op should’ve had the discussion with her nanny as a professional. She should’ve discussed what and how she wanted education implemented. She should be providing supplies and a curriculum. If she wants her nanny to do that then that needs to be discussed. Nanny may or may not want a raise as the role she signed up for has now changed.

You seem super bitter that not all nannies are bending over backwards for their employers. Nannies are their own business and with any service provided you expect to be paid accordingly. No one is faulting you for not knowing your worth and just accepting anything. [/quote]

Ha ha!  I am so far from being considered “underpaid” that you wouldn’t believe it if I told you nor would you believe my benefits.  I know my worth and so do my employers.

Of course, the new curriculum needs to be discussed with OP’s nanny.  You may not be qualified to homeschool a five-year-old, but OP described her nanny as a former preschool teacher so I have no doubt that OP’s nanny is qualified.

I am, admittedly, annoyed by nannies who don’t know how (or even think they should) to grow and change with both their charges’ development and life’s circumstances.  I am annoyed that many of you think it always comes down to “money, money, and more money”.  It pisses me off that nannies like you give all of us a bad name.

I’m far from bitter, PP, just stunningly annoyed at the immaturity I see in you.  [/quote]

Your first sentence says it all.

And no...you are very bitter, very angry and living in a bubble.

Since you don’t understand or realize it, plenty of nannies are underpaid, taken advantage of, and overworked. If you claim to be as awesome and highly paid, then you should be more aware. With your arrogance and lack of awareness you give nannies a bad name. Not to mention you don’t even want nannies to advocate for themselves. Carry on with your misery. You don’t seem happy or that educated. [/quote]

Stop embarrassing yourself, PP.  OP’s nanny was a preschool teacher and art teacher!  She is in high demand by wealthier families so I seriously doubt she is underpaid, taken advantage of nor overworked.  Your high drama is laughable.

But go ahead and reply again.  Immature people like you need the last word.  But thanks again for the laugh! [/quote]

Pot meet kettle. [/quote]

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