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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I think you have a heart of [i]gold[/i] and what you did for this family went way above and beyond what most childcare providers would have done.
You obviously love what you do and this family is truly blessed to have someone like you in their lives.

They dropped the ball when they offered you a scarf to carry [u]their[/u] own baby in however.
What a self-serving offer. I would have declined as well. What nerve!!

In the future, I would steer a little clear of them. They seem kind of off.

I wanted to ask you however, [b]are they of another culture OP[/b]?
Perhaps I am being too ethnocentric here....[/quote]

I read this once in a while when posters are discussing outrageous behaviors, and it makes me smile. I am "from another culture" and it may come to some Americans as a shock, but shamelessy taking advantage of others is considered a no-no in other countries too.

This family shouls have thanked the nanny with a personal gift, or simply paying them (when I had my second child our babysitter spent a few hours with our first so my DH could come to the hospital, and we paid the babysitter, it never crossed our minds to ask her to do it for free - if  friends had done it, we would have thanked them, and maybe bought them a gift like a gift certificate to a restaurant they like or similar stuff).  This family should have compensated the nanny. if the nanny helped them based on their friendship, they should have thanked her and bought something for her t enjoy.  the family should have simply provided the nannny with the child carrier as they provide her (hopefully) with diapers, wipes and so on.  they probably thought she could use the child carrier for her job with other kids, but since she will be working with their kid, the "gift" is clearly a faux pas.

I think the nanny in this case should draw very clear boundaries. watching kids is her job and she should treat it as such. I would not be surprised otherwise, if she is going to get the older child over and over (when school is closed for example) and for free[/quote]

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