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[quote=Anonymous]It probably never occurred to the parents that you might want to attend the birthday party as a guest.  If you were to go, you would instinctively end up helping manage the kids.  The parents may not want you to feel pressure to come and "work" on a weekend without pay.  Also, most adults with young kids find kid birthday parties a headache-inducing drag, simply because there are so many of them to attend.  They are probably trying to spare you.

I do think it would be okay to say something like the PP mentioned about how you'd love to be included if the parents are comfortable with that.

As for the lack of "thank yous," most of us who work in professional environments don't expect or receive "thank yous" for doing our job, except perhaps at holiday bonus time.  We do our job well because that is our responsibility, and in return, we get paid and get to keep our jobs.  Yes, every once in a while when we do something truly exceptional we might hear "great job," but not for doing well on a routine basis.  The parents are probably just extending their own work culture to you, and maybe they just are not effusive by nature.

As for trying to get you out the door quickly when they arrive home, why is this a problem?  Most nannies on here carry on about how they resent being expected to brief the parents about the day without getting extra pay for that.  Also, the parents are likely very busy and need to get started right away on dinner, bath times, quality play with the kids, and whatever else needs to get done in the very limited time period between their arrival home and the kids' bedtime.  Don't feel hurt because they respect your time and their own.
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