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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From what you posted you sound like a great nanny and have a healthy relationship with your charge and his parents.

You love your charge and you take your job seriously and plan accordingly.

But you also have boundaries. You're good!

For me " too devoted" would be a nanny that didn't have a life outside her charge.

Those nannies that are on FB or Twitter posting pictures of their charges calling them their babies.

Those nannies that think they have the right to make parenting decisions

Those nannies that can't accept parents have the right to do things differently and to ask them to change things, the nannies that throw tantrums and act passive aggressive when parents disagree with them.

The nannies that get up in arms when their charges spend time with grandparents or aunties etc.

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I agree with this 100%.  And you, OP, do sound like a wonderful nanny.  [/quote]

I'm a mom and I essentially agree with all of this also.  Yes, a nanny can get too attached, but a nanny SHOULD be attached.  I want our nanny to love my kids and would consider it a problem if she didn't.  I also need to know that she understands she is deeply important in our eyes and in the kids' lives, but she's also not family.  That's a hard line to walk for everyone involved.

So you sound great to me and if I were your employer I would very much want you to stay connected w/ our family even after we might have aged out of needing a nanny.   I expect that what you're wrestling with is probably pretty normal in the nanny profession, there are similar struggles on the mom's side.  :-)[/quote]

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