Should live out nannies bring their own food and drink for lunch ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why on earth should an employer provide lunch or buy groceries for a live-out nanny? I've never had a job that provided me with lunch or footed my grocery bill, even when I had jobs working with kids where I couldn't leave my post to go buy lunch. I packed whatever I wanted to eat or left a stash of my favorite foods at work, as should the nanny.

As much as I value her, my nanny is not a houseguest or part of my family. She just isn't. She is an adult professional rather than an au pair or high school sitter, and since my house is in close proximity to grocery stores and sandwich joints, I am confident that she is smart enough to figure out what she wants to eat and go buy it for herself.

I do invite her to help herself to whatever snacks and drinks I have on hand, much as my office provides spring water and soda for its employees.

Why? Because if she is cooking for the kids it is easy/sensible for her to make enough for herself as well and it sets a good example for them too.

Listen, I bring my own food to my nanny job, I never expect anyone to provide it for me, but it is common to invite nannies to eat with the kids. It's just a different kind of job is all, in more ways than one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why on earth should an employer provide lunch or buy groceries for a live-out nanny? I've never had a job that provided me with lunch or footed my grocery bill, even when I had jobs working with kids where I couldn't leave my post to go buy lunch. I packed whatever I wanted to eat or left a stash of my favorite foods at work, as should the nanny.

As much as I value her, my nanny is not a houseguest or part of my family. She just isn't. She is an adult professional rather than an au pair or high school sitter, and since my house is in close proximity to grocery stores and sandwich joints, I am confident that she is smart enough to figure out what she wants to eat and go buy it for herself.

I do invite her to help herself to whatever snacks and drinks I have on hand, much as my office provides spring water and soda for its employees.

Why? Because if she is cooking for the kids it is easy/sensible for her to make enough for herself as well and it sets a good example for them too.

Listen, I bring my own food to my nanny job, I never expect anyone to provide it for me, but it is common to invite nannies to eat with the kids. It's just a different kind of job is all, in more ways than one.

My nanny doesn't cook for the kids. She serves them the lunch that I pack for them and eats her own home-packed meal. My nanny doesn't work more than 8 hours a day so she eats her other meals at her own home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why on earth should an employer provide lunch or buy groceries for a live-out nanny? I've never had a job that provided me with lunch or footed my grocery bill, even when I had jobs working with kids where I couldn't leave my post to go buy lunch. I packed whatever I wanted to eat or left a stash of my favorite foods at work, as should the nanny.

As much as I value her, my nanny is not a houseguest or part of my family. She just isn't. She is an adult professional rather than an au pair or high school sitter, and since my house is in close proximity to grocery stores and sandwich joints, I am confident that she is smart enough to figure out what she wants to eat and go buy it for herself.

I do invite her to help herself to whatever snacks and drinks I have on hand, much as my office provides spring water and soda for its employees.

Why? Because if she is cooking for the kids it is easy/sensible for her to make enough for herself as well and it sets a good example for them too.

Listen, I bring my own food to my nanny job, I never expect anyone to provide it for me, but it is common to invite nannies to eat with the kids. It's just a different kind of job is all, in more ways than one.

My nanny doesn't cook for the kids. She serves them the lunch that I pack for them and eats her own home-packed meal. My nanny doesn't work more than 8 hours a day so she eats her other meals at her own home.

So there you go, you know why it doesn't make sense in your scenario. You also now know why it makes sense for SOME families to have their nannies eat from their kitchen.

PS. Many other families just offer their food to the nanny because they're nice.

[Anonymous]

Very few nannies want to eat what the kids eat, and very few kids want to eat what adults eat.