I miss those times

Anonymous wrote:as a non Spanish speaking nanny, I am often literally excluded from other nannies' circle in my NW DC neighborhood. This whole 'circle'of nannies is ignoring me and my kids, or other non-spanish speaking nannies while I am happy to be 'playground friends" with everyone. So, I am considering them very rude, and they set a bad example for other children. They literally do not even respond to greeting. I gave up on them!

I'm from South America. Now a prek teacher. When i was a nanny I had friends from everywhere. I speak Spanish and English. I don't want to stereotype but my hispanic friends are nice but most are religious and I'm not.
It was nice having English speaker nannies, most were atheist or Agnostic.

But I love all my nanny, aupair friends and the moms were nice too, we all got together, creating memories, we all shared a common thing and we love the children

Giving medicine. My friend had a spanish speaking nanny who double-dosed her baby, not understanding the baby had already gotten medicine. She had to leave work.

Anonymous wrote:as a non Spanish speaking nanny, I am often literally excluded from other nannies' circle in my NW DC neighborhood. This whole 'circle'of nannies is ignoring me and my kids, or other non-spanish speaking nannies while I am happy to be 'playground friends" with everyone. So, I am considering them very rude, and they set a bad example for other children. They literally do not even respond to greeting. I gave up on them!

My nanny from Guatemala has friends from latinoamerica, Europe, Ukraine nannies too, and other local babysitters. Even sahm!
What I like from these nannies is that they care of thier kids and other people's kid. Everyone is watching each other and help each other. Like if they see a suspicious person outside the park.

They all get together, make birthday parties at someone's house or at the park and also invite other moms from the area like myself. And we did face painting for other kids who we didn't know. At the park we are all friends

I have met them, they are wonderful nannies, they want to bring happiness to these children, my son says they are my friends from the park, he enjoys playing with all his friends

Just say hi and introduce yourself

Well, is it not rude to avoid even eye contact with someone who says hi, parents or not? and saying Hi is easy for a person with any level of English.

Anonymous wrote:as a non Spanish speaking nanny, I am often literally excluded from other nannies' circle in my NW DC neighborhood. This whole 'circle'of nannies is ignoring me and my kids, or other non-spanish speaking nannies while I am happy to be 'playground friends" with everyone. So, I am considering them very rude, and they set a bad example for other children. They literally do not even respond to greeting. I gave up on them!

They think you are the parent. Let them know you are a nanny and they will gladly include you. At least that's been my experience as another mono lingual English speaker. Some of my best nanny friends speak Spanish and a host of other languages and we all get along wonderfully.

as a non Spanish speaking nanny, I am often literally excluded from other nannies' circle in my NW DC neighborhood. This whole 'circle'of nannies is ignoring me and my kids, or other non-spanish speaking nannies while I am happy to be 'playground friends" with everyone. So, I am considering them very rude, and they set a bad example for other children. They literally do not even respond to greeting. I gave up on them!

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Anonymous wrote:I would never be ok with this. I speak some Spanish; I used to be fluent but rarely speak it anymore so I've lost a lot of my fluency.
I'm not the only one my nanny would need to communicate with. I'd want my nanny to be able to go to stores, restaurants, etc. with my kids and she'd need to be able to communicate with employees.
If I want my nanny to take my kids to the park, I'd want my nanny to be able to communicate with other parents there.
If there is an emergency, I'd want my nanny to be able to communicate without waiting for a translator.

Lol

I don't care if my nanny talks to other parents. Those parents can be azzholes.

I focus on my nanny giving a great care to my precious gem. We use a translator and it's fine

My nanny knows more than most psychologists. My boy is a happy boy

Unsurprising that you chose to live in a neighborhood full of "azzholes."

Good thing not everyone is an a s s h0le

Anonymous wrote:It’s worked out great for us. You can use texting and google translate to communicate.

My kids are fluent (and I literally mean perfectly fluent with perfect pronunciation) in Spanish now at ages 5 and 7. They are in immersion school and their teachers swoon over my red headed children speaking perfect Spanish.

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Anonymous wrote:I would never be ok with this. I speak some Spanish; I used to be fluent but rarely speak it anymore so I've lost a lot of my fluency.
I'm not the only one my nanny would need to communicate with. I'd want my nanny to be able to go to stores, restaurants, etc. with my kids and she'd need to be able to communicate with employees.
If I want my nanny to take my kids to the park, I'd want my nanny to be able to communicate with other parents there.
If there is an emergency, I'd want my nanny to be able to communicate without waiting for a translator.

Lol

I don't care if my nanny talks to other parents. Those parents can be azzholes.

I focus on my nanny giving a great care to my precious gem. We use a translator and it's fine

My nanny knows more than most psychologists. My boy is a happy boy

Unsurprising that you chose to live in a neighborhood full of "azzholes."

Most nannies are Spanish speakers and are friends with the other nannies at the park, they all care about kids even the ones who aren't thiers. They are all watching the kids together. Your nanny will never be alone. Nannies have tons of friends and makes new friends at parks, libraries and does parties, Birthdays at the parks or the kids homes. It's fun at the parks

*playdates

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds great. Ignore the ones scaring you. In an emergency she is still a grown-up. If any, she may over react to little accidents.
Are all the kids whose parents don't speak English in disadvantage and in danger?
Tell her it's ok to ask for help nearby. Someone speaks Spanish. She needs all the info she can get from you.
It's not the language so much, but understanding one another and understanding the expectations.

Um...yes! I thought it was well established and that's why there are so many programs and services to help them.

It's not just about emergencies, it's about all the every day stuff too.
If your kid goes regularly to a park, story time at the library, etc. and gets along really well with another kid that also goes to those, it's natural to want to coordinate a playdate. How will the nanny do that with the mom if she can't speak English and the other mom doesn't speak Spanish?

Not a fact.
Most nannies speaks Spanish and coordinates playmates with other kids from the library, parks, all nannies are friends, they celebrate thier kids birthdays together at the parks.

Most public areas there are bilingual speakers, especially libraries. My mom knew little English and had TONS OF FRIENDS, loved walking everywhere and everyone was nice.
I was a nanny and now I'm a prek Teacher.

Most moms prefers to talk and do playdates with other moms. They let the kids play with each other while the moms drink wine. That's what a mom once told me. No thanks.

We use a translator. Boy is 4 and is a smart, fun and happy boy💕
We choose an experienced nanny. It's worth 10x times. Language is not a barrier.

Anonymous wrote:I would never be ok with this. I speak some Spanish; I used to be fluent but rarely speak it anymore so I've lost a lot of my fluency.
I'm not the only one my nanny would need to communicate with. I'd want my nanny to be able to go to stores, restaurants, etc. with my kids and she'd need to be able to communicate with employees.
If I want my nanny to take my kids to the park, I'd want my nanny to be able to communicate with other parents there.
If there is an emergency, I'd want my nanny to be able to communicate without waiting for a translator.

Lol

I don't care if my nanny talks to other parents. Those parents can be azzholes.

I focus on my nanny giving a great care to my precious gem. We use a translator and it's fine

My nanny knows more than most psychologists. My boy is a happy boy