Have you ever worked for a family that you knew something was off but couldn't get your finger on i

[Anonymous]

Not abuse necessarily just something not right.

Did you ever figure it out and how?

[Anonymous]

Not abuse but just sad absentee parenting. You can have a nanny and a career and still be an awesome and involved parent, but I've been with families before that just didn't make any effort to be involved and it was really sad to see and sad for the children. They only saw the kids to take them to school in the AM and read them a story before bed. That MIGHT have been ok if the whole weekend was quality time but it wasn't, it was movie, iPad, and play by yourself time. It really depressed me how much these kids were begging for parental interaction.

[Anonymous]

Ah, yet another thread started by a pot stirring nanny to demean mothers. So not surprising for this forum....

[Anonymous]

The parents seem plenty involved it's just I feel something is not right but I can't figure it out.

I've worked with all different kind of families so I'm very open minded

I just don't know.

[Anonymous]

One of the parents could be depressed.
They might be in a rough patch with their marriage.
There could be a stressful situation at work with spill over effects

They could just be weird. Most families are.

[Anonymous]

Can you be a little more specific OP?

When you say something seems "off"....What do you mean by that word?

Like they seem like they are doing something illegal in the home?

Or perhaps the children seem abused or neglected?

[Anonymous]

Do you mean off like the parent has asbergers and an odd personality? Or off like they regret having kids? Or something else?

[Anonymous]

That's just it I have no idea what it is.


It's not that the parent has a spectrum disorder or an awkward personality.

It's just a gut feeling