Limit screen time - mixed messages

[Anonymous]

It has been unusually cold here like single digits lately, but it finally got a little warmer today, so I sent the older one over to play outside with the neighbor kids since he can't sit still. The other one is napping. Nice to have a little quiet time in the house. They had been playing inside the past couple days at each house but it was getting far too loud, so I had to cut that short.

I agree with 22:33. OP it sounds like you are more annoyed that YOU don't get the down time of the kids watching TV. Your concern has nothing to do with the kids just yourself.

It has nothing to do with hypocrisy at all. Its telling that you didn't post "it got a little warmer today and we all went out to X,Y Z or played outside today". You posted how you were able to get the older child out to a playmate while the younger one napped so you could catch some downtime.

OP you have a job which is to engage the children so do it.

[Anonymous]

Trust me, they'd rather play with their friends than me. They shoot down every idea I give them that does not have something to do with being out spending money on them.

[Anonymous]

"You posted how you were able to get the older child out to a playmate while the younger one napped so you could catch some downtime."

I am not going to leave the younger one in the house alone you moron. I like the quiet time so I can actually clean up and get my house duties done without the constant screaming. And yes, sue me, I do take a break once in a while. I work 50 hours a week.

[Anonymous]

Yikes, OP. Nastiness will not result in posters trying to help you. Makes us assume the worst about you even if you're truly a fantastic nanny. All we have to go on is your posts here and calling people morons isn't making you look like a nanny who truly wants to be great at her job and is looking for feedback.

[Anonymous]

Nanny here. I tell the parents during the first interview, that there is no screen time while I'm on duty.

[Anonymous]

Trust me, they'd rather play with their friends than me. They shoot down every idea I give them that does not have something to do with being out spending money on them.

Wow, OP, you really have a lot of contempt for both your charges and their parents. It doesn't sound like nannying is a good job for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Trust me, they'd rather play with their friends than me. They shoot down every idea I give them that does not have something to do with being out spending money on them.

Wow, OP, you really have a lot of contempt for both your charges and their parents. It doesn't sound like nannying is a good job for you.

It's called telling the truth and sometimes the truth hurts. They are spoiled rotten and I agree at with THIS family it is not a good fit. My last two families were much better, but one moved away and then I moved away. The job I was supposed to have before this fell through and I landed this as what was supposed to be temp job, but I ended up staying on and it's taken a toll on me as I can't deal with spoiled entitled kids.

[Anonymous]

They are spoiled rotten and I agree at with THIS family it is not a good fit. My last two families were much better, but one moved away and then I moved away. The job I was supposed to have before this fell through and I landed this as what was supposed to be temp job, but I ended up staying on and it's taken a toll on me as I can't deal with spoiled entitled kids.

From your posts it sounds like you are the spoiled entitled one and not very good at your job. Its not hard to engage kids. A good nanny knows how to do this and establish rules and boundaries. If the kids are constantly screaming, "shoot down all your ideas" and you are just pissed that you can't park them in front of the TV then nannying is NOT the profession for you.

[Anonymous]

That is not AT ALL what I was saying PP. The kids act the way their parents allow them to. I am constantly having to deal with the balance of what they seem to think is okay, but I find to be out of line. I have had two previous VERY successful nanny jobs where I have great references from. And no I did not park those charges in front of the TV and as I said, I do not WANT to do that. I engage them by reading and doing art and taking them places and that works part of the time, but when they are constantly surrounded by screen time entertainment unless we are out of the house all the time, they are very difficult to keep engaged otherwise. Sometimes it IS the parents' fault.