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[quote=Anonymous]Both my kids have separately told me that our nanny (22 years old) is frequently on her phone.  She is attached to it at all times and I have actually come in early sometimes to find her sitting on the couch on her phone.  I told her a couple of weeks ago that my expectation is that she is not on her phone during work hours except for a quick text or couple minute call or if both of the kids are sleeping.  We pay for her cell phone.

She came with us on a trip this weekend and I witnessed her off-duty behavior - she was pretty much on her iPhone the entire trip.  Like I had to ask her to put it away while we were at dinner.  So I went ahead and succumbed to the temptation to check her phone records (again, we pay).  Indeed, there are probably about 50 texts back and forth throughout the day on the days she has the kids.  We have WIFI in the house, so I can't see any Whatsapp or data useage during the day unfortunately.

I'm older, so obviously I feel strongly that you shouldn't be texting at all during the day unless it is seriously quick, or rare, or the kids are both sleeping.  I also don't like the idea that it appears that she is having day-long conversations with other people, which I'm assuming would take her focus off my kids because she is thinking about her side conversation.  On the flip side, her records don't look like a serious back and forth for a length of time.  It's 50 messages throughout the day.

Thoughts on what is reasonable for phone use during work hours?  [/quote]

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