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[quote=Anonymous]I think it's a very personal decision OP.  We never used nanny cams and I don't regret it.  The nanny we hired came exceedingly well recommended and from neighborhood families we knew who had known her for years.  So her credentials coming in were great.

I very much want to be able to leave the house and not worry, not micromanage, not have any concerns about how my kids are being cared for.  I think that if we had cameras I'd be watching them and be getting too caught up in silly/inconsequential stuff.  Our nanny does lots of things differently than I do them, but her way is equally safe/loving/appropriate.  If I were watching her do it though I think I would easily be sucked into a habit of commenting on things, being unneccessarily critical, micromanaging, etc...

I think I'd also find it charming to see how goofy she is with the kids when no one is watching, to see the complete chaos of the house during the day (when I only almost always see order and calm when I get home) etc...  So there are some positive aspects also.

But I trust the woman we hired, and in the 3 years she's been with us she has never once given us reason to distrust her.  So no cameras for us.

I do feel that if we were to have nanny cams we would let the nanny know.  I just don't think it's right to do that behind someone's back, and if you ever needed to discuss something you saw on the camera then you have the double whammy of disciplining someone and simultaneously letting them know you had been filming without their knowledge.  I think that would pretty immediately do serious harm to the relationship between you and the nanny that might be far more serious than the incident you wanted to discuss.

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