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[quote=Anonymous]I would not charge more for a WAHM. I've actually had a really pleasant experience working for a mother who worked two days from home and three from the office. We established rules early on, adhered to them and didn't really have any problems. We also got along famously well, and I think it's a bit more important to have a mutual liking in this kind of situation, because you'll be exposed to the nanny's good and bad sides much more than if you only see her in the morning and evening for ten minutes.

Of course, I also had a terrible experience working for a first time micro-managing mother who would "come in to check" how her DS was doing about a minute after he stopped crying, because she snuck out of the room and didn't say goodbye, and because he was 18 months. So it was a daily torture for all three of us, really. The only good days I'd had with the kid were when she had to go out, because once he got over crying we could do things. With the mom at home it was a constant loop of crying for twenty minutes - smiling for five minutes - crying for twenty minutes... 4 hours of that every day.

So this makes me think very hard about accepting a position with a WAHM, and with other things being equal I will always opt for parents who aren't at home.

I think that to attract more candidates you should make it absolutely clear in your ad that you will not be supervising (after the initial few days or whatever feels comfortable for you) and the nanny will have the completely responsibility over the child, without you interfering if you disagree with something she does or miss the child and just want a cuddle or what have you. You could even describe the location of your office/kids' room/playroom/etc and explain in more detail how you plan to stay away during the day (have a kettle in the room, use the office bathroom, things like that). [/quote]

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