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[quote=Anonymous]I have been a nanny for a lovely two year old little guy for about fourteen months.

I am not allowed to drive him anywhere, but they have a small toddler playground/park a few blocks from the home that I take him to once or twice a day. Our days together are long, nine hours. So we will do the park in the morning after wake-up and breakfast, and again later in the afternoon after nap and lunch. I have taken him there [u]every single day[/u] that they have employed me and they have always asked me when they come home if I have taken him, and I always respond that yes, I did...But I never really thought much about it until today.

So...For the [i]first and only time[/i] we didn't go to the park. No specific reason. We just got caught up playing in the house and had fun doing in-house stuff. He didn't get bored and neither did I.

Well when MB arrived home, she asked me about my day, etc. then asked about the park. I laughed & stated that we actually for the first time ever didn't make it today. She looked irked and asked why not? Again...No specific reason really...We just didn't, I told her.

Well she then stated what a beautiful warm and sunny day it was today (we live in So Cal, every single day is warm + sunny, we don't have any season but summer here!) and that it was a shame that we wasted it in the house. I assured her he was okay, then she started telling me she is paying me to engage and interact w/her son and part of that is taking him outdoors on a daily basis and that I should be doing that every day.

I was so taken aback, I apologized...For what....I do not know...And left. I expected her to text me later and apologize, but she never did so I am guessing she believes I am in the wrong.

For the record, this was NEVER discussed in detail nor written in a contract upon hire. And today was the first time, bar none, that we stayed indoors. Granted it wasn't raining or anything. But still......

Now I feel like a bad nanny, but another part of me is angry at my boss because after fourteen months of giving 120% to this job, now I feel like I just took 10 HUGE steps backward.[/quote]

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