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[quote=Anonymous]Has anyone hired a younger relative, to work as a nanny and did it work out well (or badly)?

My husband and I are expecting our first baby next summer. Since I'm still in the first trimester, we haven't seriously explored childcare options yet, but were contemplating the idea of hiring either my sister or perhaps (but less likely) my niece as a nanny for the short term (probably 6 months to a year).

Assuming she even wants to do it, my sister seems like a great choice: she lives in the area and will just have graduated from high school but isn't planning to go to college yet as she's a little burnt out from school. We'd give her free room and board in addition to her salary, and she could take evening classes if she wanted, to keep from getting too far off the college track. Only potential downside in my view is that she doesn't have a lot of childcare experience, but she could presumably live with us for the final month of my maternity leave to get acclimated.

If my sister didn't work out, my husband is also interested in possibly hiring our niece, but this is much less likely due to major reservations on my part.

I'm curious if anyone else has done something similar and if there are any pitfalls here that I am missing?[/quote]

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