Video monitoring

[Anonymous]

Pp here. Sorry your are not our nanny by the way. Wanted to clarify...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to guarantee your cameras are secure, and state exactly who will have access.

This goes in the contract, just like at any other job. Thanks.

This.

[Anonymous]

It is 2015. Assume there are cameras on you at all times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi Nanny,
I wouldn't worry about it. I don't think they are accusing you etc. if you feel that way just ask them why?

I installed them because I had a horrible childhood experience with babysitters and deep deep down I have issues. Now, we love you and appreciate everything you do and consider you family and wouldn't want anybody else but you with our precious little one. It's more for me, to turn on in the middle of the day during my break and see how happy my little one is with you. It gives me peace. It also makes me appreciate you that much more!

I hope you understand and someday if and when you want or have kids, I hope you'll understand that much more.

Again thanks for all that you do!

A bit off topic, but why it is always the assumption that nannies do not have kids? Many of us do, and this idea that we have no comprehension of your struggles really needs to stop.

[Anonymous]

We have them in the kids' rooms and the play room. Ours are not connected to the internet (can only see them in the house), though they could be, and we don't record anything. We use them as baby monitors, and so does our nanny (we use an app on our phones).

I WAH, so I feel like I already know way more than I need to about what's going on here all day, but we did tell the nanny when we hired her that we could decide to make them viewable remotely or add recording at some point. She's worked in daycares that had cameras so parents could check in, and didn't have a problem with it.

[Anonymous]

We have cameras in the living room, family room and nursery. The nursery camera acts as our baby monitor at night so we can see our child. We told our nanny at the interview stage that we have cameras, and she did not bat an eye. They are linked to the internet so we can pull them up at any time, but they do not record.

To answer a PP who asks why you would hire a nanny you do not trust, the answer is that there is a time period where you are trusting a stranger with your child's well-being BEFORE you can fully trust them. It gave me great comfort for the first week of having our nanny to see that she treats my son EXACTLY the same whether I am there or not. Fast forward to ten months later and I trust our nanny implicitly. Nowadays, I only check the camera if I miss my son and want to catch a glimpse of him. There are some days when I never even open the app, and if i do, it always puts such a smile on my face to watch what an amazing caretaker our nanny is. So please don't feel that all cameras indicate some sort of mistrust or malevolence. If anything they make me appreciate our nanny even more.

[Anonymous]

Even though it is illegal to have cameras in the bathroom and the bosses say they do not, how can a nanny be one hundred percent sure??

I mean, truthfully...If I was a sicko and a pedophile and wanted to commit a crime against a child, I would just take the child into the bathroom, pretend I was going to bath him/her and do my deed in there.

Criminals always know the loopholes you know.

They know how to stay one step ahead.

It's sad, but true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even though it is illegal to have cameras in the bathroom and the bosses say they do not, how can a nanny be one hundred percent sure??

I mean, truthfully...If I was a sicko and a pedophile and wanted to commit a crime against a child, I would just take the child into the bathroom, pretend I was going to bath him/her and do my deed in there.

Criminals always know the loopholes you know.

They know how to stay one step ahead.

It's sad, but true.

True. However I think most cases of abuse occur from an immediate anger response. For instance, charge refuses to do something and won't stop whining and Nanny loses it and smacks the charge or aggressively moves him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi Nanny,
I wouldn't worry about it. I don't think they are accusing you etc. if you feel that way just ask them why?

I installed them because I had a horrible childhood experience with babysitters and deep deep down I have issues. Now, we love you and appreciate everything you do and consider you family and wouldn't want anybody else but you with our precious little one. It's more for me, to turn on in the middle of the day during my break and see how happy my little one is with you. It gives me peace. It also makes me appreciate you that much more!

I hope you understand and someday if and when you want or have kids, I hope you'll understand that much more.

Again thanks for all that you do!

A bit off topic, but why it is always the assumption that nannies do not have kids? Many of us do, and this idea that we have no comprehension of your struggles really needs to stop.

Because most nannies don't. Yes there are 30 year old career nannies, but truth be told nannying is the domain of 20-28 year old college students and recent grads who move on form nannying when they start their own family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi Nanny,
I wouldn't worry about it. I don't think they are accusing you etc. if you feel that way just ask them why?

I installed them because I had a horrible childhood experience with babysitters and deep deep down I have issues. Now, we love you and appreciate everything you do and consider you family and wouldn't want anybody else but you with our precious little one. It's more for me, to turn on in the middle of the day during my break and see how happy my little one is with you. It gives me peace. It also makes me appreciate you that much more!

I hope you understand and someday if and when you want or have kids, I hope you'll understand that much more.

Again thanks for all that you do!

A bit off topic, but why it is always the assumption that nannies do not have kids? Many of us do, and this idea that we have no comprehension of your struggles really needs to stop.

Because most nannies don't. Yes there are 30 year old career nannies, but truth be told nannying is the domain of 20-28 year old college students and recent grads who move on form nannying when they start their own family.

Most of us know that most nannies get fired when they announce their pregnancy, as they have no protection under the law. Women's rights need not apply to nannies, only their employers deserve to be protected from unfair discrimination. Interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi Nanny,
I wouldn't worry about it. I don't think they are accusing you etc. if you feel that way just ask them why?

I installed them because I had a horrible childhood experience with babysitters and deep deep down I have issues. Now, we love you and appreciate everything you do and consider you family and wouldn't want anybody else but you with our precious little one. It's more for me, to turn on in the middle of the day during my break and see how happy my little one is with you. It gives me peace. It also makes me appreciate you that much more!

I hope you understand and someday if and when you want or have kids, I hope you'll understand that much more.

Again thanks for all that you do!

A bit off topic, but why it is always the assumption that nannies do not have kids? Many of us do, and this idea that we have no comprehension of your struggles really needs to stop.

Because most nannies don't. Yes there are 30 year old career nannies, but truth be told nannying is the domain of 20-28 year old college students and recent grads who move on form nannying when they start their own family.

Most of us know that most nannies get fired when they announce their pregnancy, as they have no protection under the law. Women's rights need not apply to nannies, only their employers deserve to be protected from unfair discrimination. Interesting.

That's not what OP was saying and you know it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Employers have decided to put video monitoring in all the kids rooms and play areas? How would other nannys feels about this? Parents who have did this, what is your reasoning for doing so. Why hire a nanny you don't trust?

Here's what OP said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi Nanny,
I wouldn't worry about it. I don't think they are accusing you etc. if you feel that way just ask them why?

I installed them because I had a horrible childhood experience with babysitters and deep deep down I have issues. Now, we love you and appreciate everything you do and consider you family and wouldn't want anybody else but you with our precious little one. It's more for me, to turn on in the middle of the day during my break and see how happy my little one is with you. It gives me peace. It also makes me appreciate you that much more!

I hope you understand and someday if and when you want or have kids, I hope you'll understand that much more.

Again thanks for all that you do!

A bit off topic, but why it is always the assumption that nannies do not have kids? Many of us do, and this idea that we have no comprehension of your struggles really needs to stop.

Because most nannies don't. Yes there are 30 year old career nannies, but truth be told nannying is the domain of 20-28 year old college students and recent grads who move on form nannying when they start their own family.

None of those things are mutually exclusive. I'm a 26 year old grad student and married nanny, with a daughter. The idea that I go home at night and sit back with my feet up really irritates me, and I'm not all that unique.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi Nanny,
I wouldn't worry about it. I don't think they are accusing you etc. if you feel that way just ask them why?

I installed them because I had a horrible childhood experience with babysitters and deep deep down I have issues. Now, we love you and appreciate everything you do and consider you family and wouldn't want anybody else but you with our precious little one. It's more for me, to turn on in the middle of the day during my break and see how happy my little one is with you. It gives me peace. It also makes me appreciate you that much more!

I hope you understand and someday if and when you want or have kids, I hope you'll understand that much more.

Again thanks for all that you do!

A bit off topic, but why it is always the assumption that nannies do not have kids? Many of us do, and this idea that we have no comprehension of your struggles really needs to stop.

Because most nannies don't. Yes there are 30 year old career nannies, but truth be told nannying is the domain of 20-28 year old college students and recent grads who move on form nannying when they start their own family.

None of those things are mutually exclusive. I'm a 26 year old grad student and married nanny, with a daughter. The idea that I go home at night and sit back with my feet up really irritates me, and I'm not all that unique.

Hence "most"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi Nanny,
I wouldn't worry about it. I don't think they are accusing you etc. if you feel that way just ask them why?

I installed them because I had a horrible childhood experience with babysitters and deep deep down I have issues. Now, we love you and appreciate everything you do and consider you family and wouldn't want anybody else but you with our precious little one. It's more for me, to turn on in the middle of the day during my break and see how happy my little one is with you. It gives me peace. It also makes me appreciate you that much more!

I hope you understand and someday if and when you want or have kids, I hope you'll understand that much more.

Again thanks for all that you do!

A bit off topic, but why it is always the assumption that nannies do not have kids? Many of us do, and this idea that we have no comprehension of your struggles really needs to stop.

Because most nannies don't. Yes there are 30 year old career nannies, but truth be told nannying is the domain of 20-28 year old college students and recent grads who move on form nannying when they start their own family.

Most of us know that most nannies get fired when they announce their pregnancy, as they have no protection under the law. Women's rights need not apply to nannies, only their employers deserve to be protected from unfair discrimination. Interesting.