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[quote=Anonymous]I had one interview where we had done a lot of emailing back and to beforehand. The family said they had two girls of 22mths and 5mths old. What they failed to mention was that the dad had a 8yr old son from a previous relationship who the nanny was responsible for on one of the days. Now, I didn't mind that there was a third child but what I found weird was despite all the emailing this child wasn't mentioned at all. I only found out when I stepped through the door and the 8yr old was stood there. The dad said the 8yr old required no care other than meals cooked for him and an adult presense in the house. Theres no way I would actively ignore and 8yr old child because his parents were trying to claim he wasn't my responsibility.
The position was for 4 days a wk for 10.5hrs. 3 of the days the 22mth old was put in daycare. I would of dropped her off at 8:30 and picked her up at 5(my hours were 8-6:30) So I would have her for 2hrs 3 x a wk and then 1 full day. The 5mth old was with me all 4 days and the 8yr old one day(3-6:30 term time and full days in hols) The reason the 22mth old was in nursery full days was because the parents didn't believe the 5mth old really needed to go outside of the house apart from maybe for a couple of walks a day. So the drop off and pick up of the oldest would of been the only time the 5mth old would of gone outside of the house and on the one full day I would of been allowed to take them to the park as they wanted the 22mth old to go out.
The parents were also incredibly picky. I just politely stated that while they seemed a nice family I didn't think the position was for me as I believe even 5mth olds benefit from going outside and I felt a lot of our childcare ideas didn't mesh[/quote]

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