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[quote=Anonymous]We have had three long-term nannies (each a year or more) in the last four years, and then a couple of temps for fill-in in-between full-timers. All of our nannies have left for their own reasons (leaving nannying for a science job, becoming a SAHM, husband got a great job elsewhere). Our last temp, however, while fabulous as a nanny, made me very uncomfortable after a couple of days on the job. Her political views are completely opposed to my own, and she said some offensive things (not "borderline." actually offensive) during lunch with the children. I asked her not to discuss those subjects in front of the children, and left it at that since we were only looking at 6 weeks altogether anyway. If the children start repeating things, I'll worry about it then.

However, I would not want to work with her as a long-term nanny. I have never done a trial period, but realized that in this case, if we had hired her as a long-term nanny, it would have given us an opportunity to part ways. How does that work, though? If you do a trial month or two weeks, why wouldn't the nanny still be interviewing? What kind of severance do you offer if you decide not to go forward (or do you)? I'm considering trying this for our next nanny.

Alternatively, is there any non-offensive way to find out if your nanny is racist, or believes in proselytizing your children, or likes to talk about the latest war atrocities during an interview?[/quote]

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