I personally believe that Happy Nanny = Happy Child = Happy Parent.
Etc.

If the Nanny truly does not like this specific activity, then I would not force her to do it.

Common sense dictates that you would want whoever cares for your child to be happy + comfortable during her stay.

OP here. Some of the programs DC loves and others are too old for her. Nanny leaves early with her if the program is geared toward older kids. Nanny has to fight parking and the heat regardless (which is the issue).

OP here. It is just a summer thing and they do not post what the activity/group is going to be ahead of time. I can’t take off work.

Thanks for the replies.

If it’s just a once a week summer thing, I would tell the nanny to suck it up.

Anonymous wrote:I would just pay for it and ask nanny to go once in a while

this. go every 3 weeks.

I’ll go against the grain and say that this is part of nanny’s job description. She needs to take the kid. If the kid hates it, that’s one thing.

Take the kid yourself so you can suck up while you're there but don't make the nanny deal with it if she doesn't think it's a good fit for your child.

So you show up to a park and the activity could be baby and me music or parkour? I think my first approach would be to find a good and plausible excuse for your business associate. If that won't work, be real with your nanny about why you need her to put in an appearance and give her a generous amount of money each time she goes (I know this is a pain, here's money for lunch/parking/gas).

Seems beyond odd to not have a way to know which activity is being organized on which day. Just saying.

I would just pay for it and ask nanny to go once in a while

If you really want their activity to happen, the only vaguely moral way to do it is to take a few mornings off work and bring your kids yourself.

No. It sounds not fun for both the nanny and your child. Their well being counts for more than the opinion of the business owner.

No. You made a few appearances, that should be good enough for staying in good graces.

No, you silly. You shouldn't have signed up in the first place.

A business associate (in whose good graces I need to stay) has organized an activity for kids once a week. It’s during business hours so our nanny needs to take DC. Nanny takes DC to a couple other morning activities and I thought both DC and nanny would enjoy this one. The problem is that nanny hates it. The parking is an issue; it’s very hot; and not all the programs are geared to DC’s age and there’s no way to find out what the program will be ahead of time.

Would you insist they continue the activity?