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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the first PP to criticise your professionalism.  You seem to be confused about the meaning.  Just because the family is fine with the behavior doesn't mean that it is professional, mature behavior.  Let me put it another way.

As a babysitter/nanny, you are selling a product (your services) and the pay, benefits and overall treatment you receive in return for that product is determined by how you market yourself and what clientele you advertise to.  Right now, you are marketing yourself as a naive woman who won't stand up for herself and doesn't value her own time.  You have attracted the kind of "buyer" who is looking for that product.  When you undertake to provide childcare coverage for this family, you are doing something for free that most parents do themselves.  You are showing how little you value your own time.  In subbing out other sitters for yourself, you are teaching your client that you are easily replaceable: a dime a dozen babysitter--and you are treated that way by your client.  It is important for you to understand how unprofessional that is because even if you ditch this problem family, if you don't rebrand yourself, you will just find another difficult family to work for.

I currently have a full time job, a part time job, and several families for who I do regular date night sitting.  I am paid well for all of these jobs.  My employers are considerate of my time and feel that they are lucky to have me.  I am the first choice for childcare, even for the babysitting families.  This isn't because I am such an amazing nanny, but because I know how to brand myself.  I treat my employers' time as valuable and am clear about the value of my time.  I take on extra tasks only during work hours, and only after meeting or exceeding quality expectations for my primary task: childcare.

You teach people how to treat you.  What have you taught your employers?[/quote]

NP and a nanny here, and I totally agree with everything PP said.[/quote]

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