Mormon Nanny from "Your Child's Nanny" Placment Agency?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know anything about this agency? There is not much on the internet about them and it is hard to search on their agency name since it is so generic.

Interested in experiences.

[Anonymous]

I know this is an old thread, but if I see questions about this agency, I can't resist. We hired them a couple of years ago and had a very disappointing, unprofessional experience. The matching process with them is very rushed. You get whatever profiles they have, and you have to interview immediately, or the ones they have offered are gone, and they pressure you to match very quickly. Then, we ended up with our first nanny through them who turned out to have undisclosed mental health problems and did a mediocre job at best. When I approached the placement person to explain the nature of the problems we were having, she handled it by writing down my complaints and just calling the nanny and repeating them back to her, without my knowledge or permission. It made things much, much worse. She left shortly after an accident with one of the children. Then, we were pressured again to match with someone with very limited choices. We were very gun shy, and although things went ok at first, we ended up realizing that the new nanny was a pathological liar who created some serious problems in our family. We were getting porn ads at our house in nanny #2s name for months after she left. Nice, huh, especially when they are selling the squeaky clean lifestyle?

In short, they do not screen carefully, and they do not know how to support families who need their help. I am sure some people get lucky with good candidates, but we absolutely got shafted. I thought seriously about suing them for a while after because their service were such a waste of money, it was disturbing, but I ultimately just decided to move on. But my advice is clear: stay away from this agency!!

Incidentally, after leaving this agency, we switched to the au pair program and have done great that way.

[Anonymous]

Nanny here. I contacted them about having my profile listed through them. It's geared towards very young women who have little childcare experience. Although they bill as placing nannies, from the packet I was sent and the emails, it sounds more like au pairs. If you want an au pair, go through the AP program, that way you have support from an LCC. If you want a nanny, use a site to find one yourself or find a reputable agency.

[Anonymous]

Nanny here and I have to agree that they simply don't have a large enough pool pf nannies to be as selective as a good agency should. If you want a Mormon nanny, I am one and had a great experience with Choose The Right Nanny. They placed me and the first family I interviewed with was such a good fit that I worked for them for the next 5 years.

[Anonymous]

Agree with both nannies above (am an MB). We looked at it and the women seemed less educated, less experienced and without as much support as the AP program. Don't get the appeal unless you are a stickler for fluent English.

[Anonymous]

Funny we hired this agency and quickly I was sent profiles of very young inexperienced women.
18-21
They pressure you to act fast bacause they want to Be paid.
They have a $200 non refundable deposit which you think is ok until they send you profiles of young nannies.
They are very defensive when questioning how they find nannies and screen for live in nanny positions. Id advise people to research and stay away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here. I contacted them about having my profile listed through them. It's geared towards very young women who have little childcare experience. Although they bill as placing nannies, from the packet I was sent and the emails, it sounds more like au pairs. If you want an au pair, go through the AP program, that way you have support from an LCC. If you want a nanny, use a site to find one yourself or find a reputable agency.

20.59 here with a follow-up.

I dropped contact with the agency when I was told that it was mandatory that I have numerous pictures with children (8-10, if I remember correctly), and they didn't care about having consent from the parents. In fact, I was told that most of the young women just have pictures taken with siblings and cousins. As I am a professional and won't consider sharing pictures of my charges without the parents' consent (and I would never ask for consent for pictures for a profile!), the woman became very defensive. Cutting contact was the only solution.

[Anonymous]

I was sent a 21 yr old Peruvian nanny, whos knowledge of English was only fair. Extremely immature, zero experience with children, turns out she was in US only bc of a failed marriage to a US citizen. She seriously asked me where she could buy "guinea pig", bc it is apparently a staple of their diet, or beef hearts. She didnt ever cook even the simplest food for my children, and relied on fast food and candy/ cookies to feed them. Horrible experience all the way around. The agency did Nothing.

[Anonymous]

Hmm, I'd think you could just specify with any agency that you don't want a Mormon? Are you saying this agency has a lot of them? Please advise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was sent a 21 yr old Peruvian nanny, whos knowledge of English was only fair. Extremely immature, zero experience with children, turns out she was in US only bc of a failed marriage to a US citizen. She seriously asked me where she could buy "guinea pig", bc it is apparently a staple of their diet, or beef hearts. She didnt ever cook even the simplest food for my children, and relied on fast food and candy/ cookies to feed them. Horrible experience all the way around. The agency did Nothing.

I mean... you ought to open to new foods. Come on... its deliciouis.

[Anonymous]

Guinea pig is a staple food in Peru and Bolivia.

What do you think you are really eating at those Peruvian chicken places?

[Anonymous]

We employed a Mormon nanny for three months. Never again. When my DS asked why she didn't drink coffee, she taught him that coffee was a sin. Also made these passive aggressive comments to me about how none of the women in her family worked once they had children. It was so off-putting because she seemed SO NICE, but once you actually thought about what she was saying, it was clear she was truly a judgmental B.

Would never allow someone of that religion around my children again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We employed a Mormon nanny for three months. Never again. When my DS asked why she didn't drink coffee, she taught him that coffee was a sin. Also made these passive aggressive comments to me about how none of the women in her family worked once they had children. It was so off-putting because she seemed SO NICE, but once you actually thought about what she was saying, it was clear she was truly a judgmental B.

Would never allow someone of that religion around my children again.

Please don’t assume that every Mormon is like this. I am a Mormon nanny working for a gay couple. I am very supportive of their careers, and I never talk about any religious beliefs that conflict with their religion in front of the children. When the kids asked why I don’t drink coffee, I just said, “I just don’t.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We employed a Mormon nanny for three months. Never again. When my DS asked why she didn't drink coffee, she taught him that coffee was a sin. Also made these passive aggressive comments to me about how none of the women in her family worked once they had children. It was so off-putting because she seemed SO NICE, but once you actually thought about what she was saying, it was clear she was truly a judgmental B.

Would never allow someone of that religion around my children again.

Please don’t assume that every Mormon is like this. I am a Mormon nanny working for a gay couple. I am very supportive of their careers, and I never talk about any religious beliefs that conflict with their religion in front of the children. When the kids asked why I don’t drink coffee, I just said, “I just don’t.”

You are a unicorn then. I learned from our former nanny that Mormons do not allow the CHILDREN of gay parents to be baptized, attend their temples, etc. This is just the kids, can't imagine the discrimination against adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We employed a Mormon nanny for three months. Never again. When my DS asked why she didn't drink coffee, she taught him that coffee was a sin. Also made these passive aggressive comments to me about how none of the women in her family worked once they had children. It was so off-putting because she seemed SO NICE, but once you actually thought about what she was saying, it was clear she was truly a judgmental B.

Would never allow someone of that religion around my children again.

Please don’t assume that every Mormon is like this. I am a Mormon nanny working for a gay couple. I am very supportive of their careers, and I never talk about any religious beliefs that conflict with their religion in front of the children. When the kids asked why I don’t drink coffee, I just said, “I just don’t.”

You are a unicorn then. I learned from our former nanny that Mormons do not allow the CHILDREN of gay parents to be baptized, attend their temples, etc. This is just the kids, can't imagine the discrimination against adults.

Agreed, that was a TERRIBLE policy. It has been repealed now, however, in large part because the vast majority of Mormons thought it was so horrible.