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[quote=Anonymous]I am a nanny for a 3 year-old and a 6-month old. I feel very attached to both of them, but the 3 year-old is a MEGA handful (her parents say this all the time and constantly commend on me on being able to "deal" with her with patience). But at least once a week, she gets into a massively awful mood where she'll start saying atrocious things about me (like that she hopes my brother and sister, who are young, die or calling me a bitch), or do something like purposefully throwing a tantrum to try to wake up her brother, or I'll tell her nicely to "wait a minute" or not do something and she gives me this awful defiant look and does it anyway, then laughs at me and calls me stupid when I tell her she needs to listen when I tell her to do something.

She's not like that all the time. It's a small percentage of the time. but when she goes into those moods she's a totally different kid. Usually she's very sweet and she balances out those awful moments by saying things like "you're the best babysitter ever! I love you! I want you to come here every day! I get so happy when I see you and you're here! I'm having so much fun with you!" She'll just fly into one of those moods with no warning and it's always surprising the amount of hatred that she's able to level at me.

I feel like i'm a bad nanny because I get frustrated when she gets into those moods. It's like a rage, there's just no stopping her. I have to close my eyes and count to 10 and take deep breaths so I don't raise my voice. I feel like if I was good with kids I would never have to calm myself down and I feel guilty about this. I have to remind myself she's only 3, even if she insults me like an intelligent adult. Am I just a bad nanny, not cut out for this?[/quote]

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