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[quote=Anonymous]I completely disagree with the child development paragraph. This just is not necessary unless you have a very unique situation (don't plan to go to preschool, have no educational toys and materials in your house, plan to be away for 80 hours a week). Infants and young children need someone who is loving, patient, and enjoys interacting with young children. They actually have very simple needs. A nanny who loves to read to and with children is giving them the exact same advantage as a nanny who is reading to them because she took a class on why reading is important. In fact, the nanny that loves to read to kids is probably better anyway.

In our experience, the nannies with an interest in child development or who had taken courses actually had pretty bad ideas about how to spend the day with a small child. There were too many preschool teacher wanna bees offering to bring an inappropriate curriculum so they basically could "pretend" they were being a preschool teacher rather than a nanny.  They tend to be more of the lets run to all over town to a ton of outings type because they find it boring to just play with a child. They tend to be the ones who think they are the best thing ever while they chat and text away on their funs. None of this benefits your child. Its just bull and a scam.

Hands down the best nannies are the ones who have experience with multiple age ranges, have been with families for several years, have shown flexibility as tasks and needs change, and have a good work ethic where there perform valuable household tasks rather than expect a 3 hour break in the middle of the day. These nannies give your child an environment where they can thrive and enjoy being kids. They give you quality time with your kids in the evenings and weekends because light housekeeping is done. They give you piece of mind not drama and aggravation for a high price with little value to your kids in return. 
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