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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many families just do not value their nannies these days.
They seem to want a "2-for-1 Deal." They want someone to come into their home and not only watch their child(ren), but someone to run the household as well. They figure since you are in their home, you might as well do everything they do. They want their child fed at certain times, bathed/cleaned up when they get home and they don't want the child to sleep too long since you are on the clock and shouldn't be paid to just "sit around." Ha!! It is a HUGE responsibility to keep a young child safe, entertained and in a good mood on a daily basis but many families think of childcare as ea$y money. So they also ask their nannies to do the wash, clean the house, care for the pets and do the grocery shopping. They try to nickel + dime the nanny to death and in the end this only makes them look bad. It shows they only care about stretching a dollar. They could care less if their child(ren) were getting sub-par care as long as they didn't have to mop the floor when they came home from work.

A family that truly loves and cares for their child will want their nanny and child to be 100% happy. They will not want to overwork their nanny. Their child's safety and well-being is all that they care about and they would be willing to pay any amount to have a healthy environment for their baby. 
These families do not gripe if the laundry is not folded or the dishwasher did not get emptied because the nanny had to deal w/a baby w/gas issues, teething issues, etc. As long as the focus was on their baby, that is all they want.[/quote]

This was a great thread until you had to ruin it with this post.  Saying "[i]many families" is such an unfair generalization.  There are bad families to work for out there just as there are bad nannies too.  But as this thread demonstrates there are also great family/nanny relationships.  If you had a bad experience or experiences I'm sorry but don't extrapolate that onto the rest of the population.  The posts in this forum are not an accurate portrayal of most nannies and families out there.  People don't usually get on any forum to post about the wonderful things that happen to them.  People only post bad experiences.  Kudos to whoever started this thread!  It's refreshing to hear some good things for a change since in my experience as well as the experience of everyone I know, most nannies and families are very happy with their situations.

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