Anonymous wrote:I would like the nanny to be able to call for help in case of emergency and be to explain herself to others.

Yes, this is a concern, I made sure my nanny had an emergency card in English with all my info and my child’s info with picture in case she needed it.

I did this, it worked, not without hiccups of course, I asked my Spanish fluent neighbor/daughter’s father/grandmother to be present for monthly/quarterly conversations on feedback etc. lots of things get lost in phone translation.

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Anonymous wrote:Many parents uses a translator or calls one of nannies adult children. We had no problem we our phone translators. Our kids were fine. Thriving at school now.

Use technology! Is the future

So you have to hire a second full time employee to just follow your nanny around and translate when necessary?

Are you dumb? No one is paying extra

It takes some time just like scratching yo azz

No one is going to volunteer 50 hours a week of free translating services for someone's nanny.

If is the nanny's adult kids then it's fine. Dumbo

Use the phone, we use it for everything, it takes a little time like eating your boogers

Does your mommy know you went online all yourself?

See how easy is to text someone, it takes so little tiny small short T I M E

Use technology, that's why you're one your phone mostly

It only takes a little, tiny, small short AMOUNT of T I M E put in each day to actually learn English correctly. Use technology, that’s why you’re ON your phone mostly. Focus on yourself.

What it matters is the heart and love for kids

We don't need more Aholes . The world is already burning

And heartless.

I rather hire someone caring with little English

Anonymous wrote:Spanish is for the underclass. Our children speak French and have a French/English -speaking nanny.

Spanish speakers are too lazy to learn English. They do not set a good example around children. .

Reminded me of a very lazy nanny that spoke French and always made the kid sleep at the park and not on his comfy crib

That's lazy

Anonymous wrote:Spanish is for the underclass. Our children speak French and have a French/English -speaking nanny.

Spanish speakers are too lazy to learn English. They do not set a good example around children. .

Our kid is thriving at school. Spanish is awesome

Tutu benne?

Spanish is for the underclass. Our children speak French and have a French/English -speaking nanny.

Spanish speakers are too lazy to learn English. They do not set a good example around children. .

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Anonymous wrote:Many parents uses a translator or calls one of nannies adult children. We had no problem we our phone translators. Our kids were fine. Thriving at school now.

Use technology! Is the future

So you have to hire a second full time employee to just follow your nanny around and translate when necessary?

Are you dumb? No one is paying extra

It takes some time just like scratching yo azz

No one is going to volunteer 50 hours a week of free translating services for someone's nanny.

If is the nanny's adult kids then it's fine. Dumbo

Use the phone, we use it for everything, it takes a little time like eating your boogers

Does your mommy know you went online all yourself?

See how easy is to text someone, it takes so little tiny small short T I M E

Use technology, that's why you're one your phone mostly

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Anonymous wrote:Many parents uses a translator or calls one of nannies adult children. We had no problem we our phone translators. Our kids were fine. Thriving at school now.

Use technology! Is the future

So you have to hire a second full time employee to just follow your nanny around and translate when necessary?

Are you dumb? No one is paying extra

It takes some time just like scratching yo azz

No one is going to volunteer 50 hours a week of free translating services for someone's nanny.

If is the nanny's adult kids then it's fine. Dumbo

Use the phone, we use it for everything, it takes a little time like eating your boogers

Does your mommy know you went online all yourself?

Anonymous wrote:I would rather my kids speak French... If nanny is otherwise excellent, would not be a problem to me. Depends on how much you need to communicate. On second thought, if she is in the country for long time, why didn't she improve her English? and if she is a recently come, she cannot have possibly acquired lots of good recommendations. Just my thoughts.

We've only had Spanish speaking nannies and our children speak perfect Spanish, like natives speakers. This more than outweighs the inevitable problem about not being able to explain how the high tech appliance works the first time around.

To the person who would rather have their children speak French, you're stuck in the 1950s. There are less than 2MM French speakers in the US vs. close to close to 100MM Spanish speakers. Besides, you can just send your children to Rochambeau (if you can afford it).

Also many Americans travels to other countries for their Universal Healthcare and affordable college.
Like in many European countries, Israel and many Latinoamérican countries. They have programs to help foreignors.
If you have dual citizenship like from Sweden too then you can study free college in Sweden.
A friend paid $70 euros for a 5 day stay in a German HOSPITAL.

We all live in an interconnected world

Anonymous wrote:I would rather my kids speak French... If nanny is otherwise excellent, would not be a problem to me. Depends on how much you need to communicate. On second thought, if she is in the country for long time, why didn't she improve her English? and if she is a recently come, she cannot have possibly acquired lots of good recommendations. Just my thoughts.

I know lots of nannies who doesn't have a good English and worked for tons of families in Bethesda, Rockville, around here too and DC. Families keeps staying in touch with them, sends photos of their graduation for example.
I know 20 years old people who still are in touch with their nannies. It's very sweet!

There are many excellent workers out there and don't need to have a perfect English. What matters are the skills and the love and care these nannies gives.

I know Americans living in other countries and don't know the language. And they are mostly treated well, even some Hispanics knows a bit of English or the Americans uses an translator app or device or tries to speak a bit of Spanish

Use the technology!

We live in an interconnected world
Not in a bubble

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Anonymous wrote:I would rather my kids speak French... If nanny is otherwise excellent, would not be a problem to me. Depends on how much you need to communicate. On second thought, if she is in the country for long time, why didn't she improve her English? and if she is a recently come, she cannot have possibly acquired lots of good recommendations. Just my thoughts.

Why?

I know lots of nannies who doesn't have a good English and worked for tons of families in Bethesda, Rockville, around here too and DC. Families keeps staying in touch with them, sends photos of their graduation for example.
I know 20 years old people who still are in touch with their nannies. It's very sweet!
There are many excellent workers out there and don't need to have a perfect English. What matters are the skills and the love and care these nannies gives.

I know Americans living in other countries and don't know the language. And they are mostly treated well, even some Hispanics knows a bit of English or the Americans uses an translator app or device or tries to speak a bit of Spanish

Use the technology!

We live in an interconnected world
Not in a bubble

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Anonymous wrote:Many parents uses a translator or calls one of nannies adult children. We had no problem we our phone translators. Our kids were fine. Thriving at school now.

Use technology! Is the future

So you have to hire a second full time employee to just follow your nanny around and translate when necessary?

Are you dumb? No one is paying extra

It takes some time just like scratching yo azz

No one is going to volunteer 50 hours a week of free translating services for someone's nanny.

If is the nanny's adult kids then it's fine. Dumbo

Use the phone, we use it for everything, it takes a little time like eating your boogers