Nanny Cams

[Anonymous]

I've worked with nanny cams, always disclosed.

I'm fine with them as long as they are used ethically. If a parent were to watch me all day and use them to micromanage it would be a problem.

They protect me as well, and I have nothing to hide.

I always assume a family has cameras, but if I found out cameras weren't disclosed it would be an issue.

[Anonymous]

Nanny here. I have no issue with cameras, but if I were being filmed without my knowledge I would quit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So can baby monitors.

In today's day + age, I highly recommend staying away from all this screen recording.

Too many sophisticated hackers who may be watching your child and your Nanny.

Exactly. Nothing is "secure".

[Anonymous]

I like being able to tell parents exactly what happened and where. For example: Larlo and Larla were walking around the coffee table, holding on. Larla tripped over her own feet again, but this time she fell backwards and knocked Larlo over too. There is a small bump on the back of Larlo's head, but he is fine. It happened in the living room around 1.35, if you want to check the camera.

I agree that it protects the nanny too. I have had children get hurt (minor things) due to being rambunctious after an activity. Because I could point the parent to a camera, there were no questions about whether the kids were in danger or out of control. But if there weren't cameras and kids were over-exaggerating to parents at bedtime about a scratch? There might be questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being watched while I care for your children is just to creepy for me. Plus, you never know who all is watching you.

This. I would trust that an employer would disclose to me that they are using nanny cams, as is required by law, and after that I would politely decline the job. I refuse to work with nanny cams because it disrupts my work. It creeps me out feeling watched all the time, plus I think it's a huge sign of helicopter parents and lack of trust.

[Anonymous]

It's part of the job if you work for high-end families and fully disclosed in the interview.

[Anonymous]

Two of my friends had to fire nannies based on what they saw on camera. And in both instances the nannies were informed that they were being recorded.

It's legal to not disclose as long as there is no audio.

Personally if I had an infant or young toddler incapable of communicating, I would absolutely use a camera.

[Anonymous]

We have three Nest Dropcams (wifi, can view online when logged in) - one in each nursery and one in the family room. They do not record, and even if they did the option is for 10 days of recording at a time.
We check in sometimes during nap-time to see if everyone got home on time and are in bed.
Nanny has access to the two nursery ones via the house iPad, to check on nap time.

[Anonymous]

There are baby monitors, which I think are fine, and which don't have to be Internet enabled (infant optics is a good brand for those). Nanny cams seem useless to me except perhaps in the first few weeks; surely, you can't monitor your nanny all the time, and would you really want to leave your kid with someone you had to check in on a lot?