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[quote=Anonymous]I am a nanny for a 19 month old cutie pie. He is adorable as heck and we have a ton of fun together.

I watch him about 30 hours a week, 3 days per week.

His mother is not comfortable letting me drive him places, but there IS a park and library within walking distance and I do have permission to take him anytime to either place or just for fun walks around the neighborhood.

The days I have him are long and I am not complaining by any means.
He takes very short naps each day, the longest between 45 minutes to 1 hour. Never longer. Enough time for me to straighten up, clean up breakfast dishes/mess, prepare his lunch and eat my own lunch.

I really would like a 1/2 hour each day aside from this to let him watch television.
You see after he eats lunch, he usually makes another mess (!) and I need to wipe up the high chair, sweep the floor, do the dishes and I like to make sure the toys are straightened up somewhat before his dad comes home. If allowed to watch a 1/2 hour of television after his lunch, it would great because he could be occupied/entertained and I could get all this done so when the parents get home, things would be more in order.

When I asked the father about it today, he told me that he didn't feel like it was a good idea.
He said they liked to keep screen time at a very small minimum and that they only let him watch 2 shows each day...In the evening when they got home from work. One before dinner, one after. He kindly said they didn't believe in paying their nannies an hourly rate just to plop their child in front of the "boob tube" all day. I told him I wouldn't abuse the privilege, that it would only be for 1/2 hour just so I could get some things done, otherwise he would be at my leg...For instance when I am trying to wash his lunch dishes, he pulls up a stool and tries to "help" me. Trouble is, I have to supervise him because I don't want him to fall down + hit his head on the hard tile kitchen floor. He likes to splash water all over the sink and play with the soap and bubbles, etc.

It's so annoying when I leave and Dad comes in and immediately turns on the T.V. as I walk out the door.

Am I wrong for being annoyed? Is this fair?[/quote]

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