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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My healthy boundaries include not discussing my personal life with my employers.  I pleasantly answer their personal questions with vague answers and change the conversation by asking a question about my charges.  Another boundary is in stopping job creep by reminding them, again pleasantly, that what they are asking is not part of my job and nothing I have time for during my work day.  Sure, I do favors from time to time and will always help out in an emergency - but I will not have unrealistic "chores" added to my work day nor accept my employers being late on a day-to-day basis silently.

In keeping myself in check, I remember that these are NOT my children and this job will end some day - no one has a nanny for life.  I may question her request or add a suggestion to something the MB wants me to do for the children once but, in the end, what she wants is law.    
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Nice that you trust her judgement. I take it that she invests the time required to know a growing, and ever developing child.
As we well know from this forum, not every parent makes that her priority.[/quote]

It doesn't matter if I trust her judgement or not - I am working for her.  If a situation ever came up where I was 100% opposed to what she wanted like if she told me to spank or shame her kid as a form of discipline, I'd tell her what I thought and quit.  Most of the stuff I don't agree with is small stuff.  [/quote]
At least you have SOME boundary! That's a step in the right direction.[/quote]

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