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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do some research, 16:49. You are grossly misguided in your understanding, or lack of, early childhood development. Uninterrupted bonding between a baby, or very young child, and his primary caregiver, is an essential element of healthy human development. Haven't you studied that? It's common knowledge.[/quote]

We have no idea how old the theoretical children are.

We have no idea if their nanny is the primary caregiver or not. I work 35 hours a week but my charge's parents are with him as many waking hours as I am, plus all the nights (when he is also awake). I don't consider myself his primary caregiver.

SOME kids would feel the loss of a beloved nanny keenly and would struggle to accept a new one. Others would bounce back and be completely fine. I think PP objected to your very sweeping generalization.

As a side note, most of my nanny positions have been 1 year - for various reasons (I was returning to school, they wanted an infant nanny but planned to put the child in daycare when he was a toddler, and so on). I am neither a shitty nanny nor a shitty employee, but I also don't advertise myself as a long-term nanny because I'm not. I move around the world/country a lot and typically don't stay in one place more than a year or two. Parents know this when they hire me and we keep in touch long-distance (and this summer, my very first charge will be coming across the country just to stay with me for a long weekend!)[/quote]

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