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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would tell her around April . That gives her 5 months notice. No need to cause anxiety now.[/quote]

April at the earliest, lest she find another FT job and quit on you before school starts. This has happened to MANY parents I know. I totally understand from the nanny's perspective, but it stinks as a parent.[/quote]

There are ways to prevent this (severance/bonus for staying until the end, letting her go at a time when others are hiring, letting her know that you will be flexible with her need to interview, and so on) but yes this is a risk you take when you initiate the separation. That still doesn't absolve you of your responsibility to be considerate. The truth of the matter is that it takes a nanny much longer to find a job than a parent to find a nanny. If your job is any good, you can have a new nanny in 2 weeks easily. Post job, get flooded with responses, conduct phone interviews, in person interviews on Saturday, call references next day, decision by Monday, nanny starts next week. For a nanny, it is not nearly so simple. [/quote]

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