Nanny Cams - Looking for experiences from nannies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have nanny cams. Live feed, no recording. I trust my nanny completely. Sometimes I just like to see what my kid is doing.

So did you inform her of the camera?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have nanny cams. Live feed, no recording. I trust my nanny completely. Sometimes I just like to see what my kid is doing.

So did you inform her of the camera?

Absolutely. And they're not hidden.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have nanny cams. Live feed, no recording. I trust my nanny completely. Sometimes I just like to see what my kid is doing.

So did you inform her of the camera?

Absolutely. And they're not hidden.

That to me is a totally different, and much more acceptable situation. At least she knows you aren't trying to get one over on her and she can try to trust your intentions.

[Anonymous]

I'd always assume there is a camera. Its common enough for cameras to be called Nanny Cams! Your employers house isn't your own so I don't understand why anyone would feel comfortable doing things that they wouldn't normally do at a work environment or guest's house. There enough bad nannies out there that the cams help show how good you are.

[Anonymous]

I agree with the above poster. I am proud of my work as a nanny and want my employer to see how much I do with their child and how much I teach their child in the course of the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd always assume there is a camera. Its common enough for cameras to be called Nanny Cams! Your employers house isn't your own so I don't understand why anyone would feel comfortable doing things that they wouldn't normally do at a work environment or guest's house. There enough bad nannies out there that the cams help show how good you are.

There are also enough perverts out there to justify feeling a bit uncomfortable with the idea that someone may be secretly recording you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'd always assume there is a camera. Its common enough for cameras to be called Nanny Cams! Your employers house isn't your own so I don't understand why anyone would feel comfortable doing things that they wouldn't normally do at a work environment or guest's house. There enough bad nannies out there that the cams help show how good you are.

There are also enough perverts out there to justify feeling a bit uncomfortable with the idea that someone may be secretly recording you.

In this day and age, you are being recorded virtually every place you go - stores, bank, public streets, etc. And what is a "pervert" going to see you do as a nanny?! You change the kids - not yourself! Do you really think a pervert is interested in watching you read "Green Eggs and Ham" or play peek-a-boo twenty-seven times a day? It is against the law (in every state) to have cameras in the bathroom or private bedroom of a live-in nanny so that is not the worry.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd always assume there is a camera. Its common enough for cameras to be called Nanny Cams! Your employers house isn't your own so I don't understand why anyone would feel comfortable doing things that they wouldn't normally do at a work environment or guest's house. There enough bad nannies out there that the cams help show how good you are.

There are also enough perverts out there to justify feeling a bit uncomfortable with the idea that someone may be secretly recording you.

In this day and age, you are being recorded virtually every place you go - stores, bank, public streets, etc. And what is a "pervert" going to see you do as a nanny?! You change the kids - not yourself! Do you really think a pervert is interested in watching you read "Green Eggs and Ham" or play peek-a-boo twenty-seven times a day? It is against the law (in every state) to have cameras in the bathroom or private bedroom of a live-in nanny so that is not the worry.

Where is that link?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd always assume there is a camera. Its common enough for cameras to be called Nanny Cams! Your employers house isn't your own so I don't understand why anyone would feel comfortable doing things that they wouldn't normally do at a work environment or guest's house. There enough bad nannies out there that the cams help show how good you are.

There are also enough perverts out there to justify feeling a bit uncomfortable with the idea that someone may be secretly recording you.

In this day and age, you are being recorded virtually every place you go - stores, bank, public streets, etc. And what is a "pervert" going to see you do as a nanny?! You change the kids - not yourself! Do you really think a pervert is interested in watching you read "Green Eggs and Ham" or play peek-a-boo twenty-seven times a day? It is against the law (in every state) to have cameras in the bathroom or private bedroom of a live-in nanny so that is not the worry.

Right. Because something being a law means no one ever breaks it. Are you really that stupid? This is not the same as being recorded while you are conducting business in public. In those situations there is far more over site concerning who views the footage, and how when and where the footage is taken. If my boss is secretly recording me, they very well could be recording me in the bathroom, or in my bedroom as a live-in, and there would be no one to stop them. If you're up front about the cameras I think its less likely that you are doing creepy shit with them, but if I find out you're doing it in secret, there's no telling what other secrets you have. Trust is a two way street. Your comfort does not trump mine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd always assume there is a camera. Its common enough for cameras to be called Nanny Cams! Your employers house isn't your own so I don't understand why anyone would feel comfortable doing things that they wouldn't normally do at a work environment or guest's house. There enough bad nannies out there that the cams help show how good you are.

There are also enough perverts out there to justify feeling a bit uncomfortable with the idea that someone may be secretly recording you.

In this day and age, you are being recorded virtually every place you go - stores, bank, public streets, etc. And what is a "pervert" going to see you do as a nanny?! You change the kids - not yourself! Do you really think a pervert is interested in watching you read "Green Eggs and Ham" or play peek-a-boo twenty-seven times a day? It is against the law (in every state) to have cameras in the bathroom or private bedroom of a live-in nanny so that is not the worry.

Right. Because something being a law means no one ever breaks it. Are you really that stupid? This is not the same as being recorded while you are conducting business in public. In those situations there is far more over site concerning who views the footage, and how when and where the footage is taken. If my boss is secretly recording me, they very well could be recording me in the bathroom, or in my bedroom as a live-in, and there would be no one to stop them. If you're up front about the cameras I think its less likely that you are doing creepy shit with them, but if I find out you're doing it in secret, there's no telling what other secrets you have. Trust is a two way street. Your comfort does not trump mine.

Wake up, Angel, it's 2014. Get over yourself and your paranoia or find another career. I am a nanny and I think cameras work to our benefit - the parents get to see how hard we work and how good we are.

[Anonymous]

I know a live-in nanny who found a hidden camera in her bedroom. You can just imagine her outrage.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd always assume there is a camera. Its common enough for cameras to be called Nanny Cams! Your employers house isn't your own so I don't understand why anyone would feel comfortable doing things that they wouldn't normally do at a work environment or guest's house. There enough bad nannies out there that the cams help show how good you are.

There are also enough perverts out there to justify feeling a bit uncomfortable with the idea that someone may be secretly recording you.

In this day and age, you are being recorded virtually every place you go - stores, bank, public streets, etc. And what is a "pervert" going to see you do as a nanny?! You change the kids - not yourself! Do you really think a pervert is interested in watching you read "Green Eggs and Ham" or play peek-a-boo twenty-seven times a day? It is against the law (in every state) to have cameras in the bathroom or private bedroom of a live-in nanny so that is not the worry.

Right. Because something being a law means no one ever breaks it. Are you really that stupid? This is not the same as being recorded while you are conducting business in public. In those situations there is far more over site concerning who views the footage, and how when and where the footage is taken. If my boss is secretly recording me, they very well could be recording me in the bathroom, or in my bedroom as a live-in, and there would be no one to stop them. If you're up front about the cameras I think its less likely that you are doing creepy shit with them, but if I find out you're doing it in secret, there's no telling what other secrets you have. Trust is a two way street. Your comfort does not trump mine.

Wake up, Angel, it's 2014. Get over yourself and your paranoia or find another career. I am a nanny and I think cameras work to our benefit - the parents get to see how hard we work and how good we are.

So I gave you completely legit reasons for why SECRET cameras are bad for a trusting relationship, and why they could justifiably make someone uncomfortable, and your soundly argued response is to patronizingly tell me to get over it. Good job. Cameras are one thing. Secret cameras are another.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd always assume there is a camera. Its common enough for cameras to be called Nanny Cams! Your employers house isn't your own so I don't understand why anyone would feel comfortable doing things that they wouldn't normally do at a work environment or guest's house. There enough bad nannies out there that the cams help show how good you are.

There are also enough perverts out there to justify feeling a bit uncomfortable with the idea that someone may be secretly recording you.

In this day and age, you are being recorded virtually every place you go - stores, bank, public streets, etc. And what is a "pervert" going to see you do as a nanny?! You change the kids - not yourself! Do you really think a pervert is interested in watching you read "Green Eggs and Ham" or play peek-a-boo twenty-seven times a day? It is against the law (in every state) to have cameras in the bathroom or private bedroom of a live-in nanny so that is not the worry.

Right. Because something being a law means no one ever breaks it. Are you really that stupid? This is not the same as being recorded while you are conducting business in public. In those situations there is far more over site concerning who views the footage, and how when and where the footage is taken. If my boss is secretly recording me, they very well could be recording me in the bathroom, or in my bedroom as a live-in, and there would be no one to stop them. If you're up front about the cameras I think its less likely that you are doing creepy shit with them, but if I find out you're doing it in secret, there's no telling what other secrets you have. Trust is a two way street. Your comfort does not trump mine.

Wake up, Angel, it's 2014. Get over yourself and your paranoia or find another career. I am a nanny and I think cameras work to our benefit - the parents get to see how hard we work and how good we are.

So I gave you completely legit reasons for why SECRET cameras are bad for a trusting relationship, and why they could justifiably make someone uncomfortable, and your soundly argued response is to patronizingly tell me to get over it. Good job. Cameras are one thing. Secret cameras are another.

Yes, Dear, get over it. If there are secret cameras anywhere you won't know about them (hence the term "secret"). Your paranoia is tiresome and boring.

[Anonymous]

Pp you're kind of sounding like an @hole.

Secret cameras are so obviously different from disclosed ones and would make most people uncomfortable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pp you're kind of sounding like an @hole.

Secret cameras are so obviously different from disclosed ones and would make most people uncomfortable.

I have to agree with the nanny poster above and think it's so ridiculous that you call her an @hole. Cameras are everywhere and certainly people have the right to install them in their own homes. I also agree that this thread is boring.