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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I always thought this was a pretty common thing--our nanny certainly does this with other friends who are nannies or parents in the neighborhood. They meet up at various parks, pre-arranged, and then all have lunch together. We sometimes hear about it and sometimes don't (always hear which park they went to, but not always who they saw there--which varies), and it's never occurred to me to be concerned. The only time I consistently hear about it is when they meet (by happenstance) a parent who knows my child and then spend time with that family--and that's usually just because our nanny doesn't know them or doesn't know them well, but they will come up and say "Hi!" to DC and he will recognize them and engage with them. Every now and then this works in the reverse, and I'll run into another parent on the weekend who knows my child from the park play dates but doesn't know me. That's always a little funny, but in a good way--we always hear nice things about our nanny! Generally speaking, I see the social interaction as a good thing. (The neighborhood parent listserv we are on also has a lot of SAHPs on it, and it's not uncommon for there to be a cluster of messages in the mornings about people heading various places to play and seeing who wants to meet up--I imagine the same thing happens with nannies, too.)

I suspect she isn't telling you because it hasn't crossed her mind that this is important information--I would only worry about it if it becomes clear that they are going somewhere other than where she's told you they've been, but it doesn't sound like that's what's happening. You could certainly ask her to add it to her report on the day, though (or ask your children; mine often volunteers when they've met up with favorite friends, most of whom I know by name only since I've never met them or their parents/caregivers!)[/quote]

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