Are there any live-in nannies anymore?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's just a different time. Most 20 something nannies I know want to live with roommates or their SO, be able to go out drinking/smoke weed etc, and not have their bosses breathing down their backs. Each decade women are less of the housewife type, including nannies. If this makes any sense? -coming from a live out nanny with her own family

Me again, I grew up with a live in nanny. She is a nun now. Wonderful lady!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:as someone who hasn't taken a sick day in 3 years, i think that it's ridiculous to say that your nanny doesn't deserve an occasional day to blow off unless she's dying. every adult i know calls in sick for job interviews, to attend to personal things like doctors appointments or errands that need to get done during working hours, or for a mental health day. you can't always plan these things in advance-life happens and you just don't want to play legos on the floor all day and scrub spaghetti sauce off the wall when you have something going on.

Every adult you know does this? Then you know a lot of people with terrible work integrity. Use all of your vacation, but don't put your employers in a bind just because you feel like blowing off work -- schedule time off in advance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's just a different time. Most 20 something nannies I know want to live with roommates or their SO, be able to go out drinking/smoke weed etc, and not have their bosses breathing down their backs. Each decade women are less of the housewife type, including nannies. If this makes any sense? -coming from a live out nanny with her own family

I think this is the real reason. Once upon a time, a single woman would have liked the protective and respectable nature of a household. Now, there's no lack-of-respectability factor to living on your own.