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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I don't mean this as harshly, but you really have no business being concerned with why families have kids or need two incomes or anything related to their lives and decisions. You are professional nanny, paid to care for children when parents are out for whatever reason. It doesn't matter if you don't like the reason...it isn't your business.

If you have trouble with boundaries and you find yourself judging and feeling bitter about decisions that are not yours, then you should absolutely get a new job.

When my boss is out of the office, I cover for her. Sometimes she is out for meetings, sometimes for her kids' activities, sometimes to have long lunches with friends. Whether I think her reasons are good or bad are completely immaterial. My job is to cover when she is gone, end of story. You need to disengage. Or quit.[/quote]

Yes, but in an office, it's much easier to disengage emotionally. Nannying is a very personal business. Good nannies do become attached to their charges and concerned for their well being, especially when it seems their emotional development is being hindered by HOW OFTEN their parents are absent. It's not so much the reason, it's the amount of time they miss and it affects me because it affects their children. Yes as a professional, I do have to have boundaries, but as a caregiver, I also have to have a heart and be able to emotionally connect to the kids and it's not possible to just ignore something that is hurting them. [/quote]

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