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[quote=Anonymous]I know it's the holiday's, and everyone is supposed to be merry, but I'm concerned about my nanny. She has been with us for a few months and our entire family, my parents and in-laws included, adore her, and her husband, who we have also met. She is a before and after school nanny to our four children, and she keeps them engaged from the time she gets there until we dismiss her. I have a few issues though. A big issue is, I do not believe my children come first for her. We've had previous nannies that would insist on coming to the kids games and performances, and even when we mention the children have an event, she never offers to attend. The other day, we had an incident when picking up one child from school sick made her 20 minutes late picking up my preschooler. This was fine, but she should have called. When my sick child told me later that they were late picking up my preschooler, I admit, I lost myself a bit. With the stressful situation for all parents after this shooting and the NYC nanny, I felt this lack of communication needed to be addressed. I called my nanny and I did yell. It just sort of happened. I said that I needed to know if she would be late and it puts a lot of stress on me. The next day when the nanny came to work, I pulled her aside to have a discussion. I assumed she would apologize for the miscommunication and I would of course apologize for yelling. Instead, she tells me that she felt bad for stressing me out, but felt it was inappropriate for me to yell. Frankly, I do not think that was appropriate for her to say, as I am her employer and had already apologized. I do not pay her to critique me. Since this exchange, she has been a bit cold towards me, and I think I may need to fire her ASAP.[/quote]

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