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[quote=Anonymous]"When my sick child told me later that they were late picking up my preschooler, I admit, I lost myself a bit. '...' 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."

MB, from what you have said, it sounds as if you were reacting emotionally to information you heard, without having the whole story. You said, "I needed to know if she would be late, and it puts a lot of stress on me." I'm not sure I understand what you are saying with this statement. As a nanny, I do my best to ensure each child I am caring for is happy, well cared for and picked up on time. It is stressful when you are late because of something beyond your control. As a nanny, I do my best to handle the situations that come up during the day because I don't want to add to the parents stressful day, if all is well by the end of the day, I may forgot to mention a situation like that, only because everyone is happy and okay now. I may remember later that evening, or mention it in passing, because I handled the situation, and there is nothing more to do. It is just part of the end of the day update. I wouldn't think it was a lie by omission on the part of your nanny, more likely, she was busy updating about your sick child and forgot to mention the delay, since it seems there was no harm done.

If my MB called me in the evening, on my off hours, to yell at me, I would be extremely shocked, offended and hurt. I wouldn't want to go to work the next day at all. It sounds like your nanny handled the situation well, and empathized with how you felt and clearly and calmly drew her boundary. That sounds like the best possible way to handle that morning to me.

Good luck MB, I hope you are able to see this situation from some other perspectives and are happy with whatever you decide to do. [/quote]

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