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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our nanny of 4 years has informed us that she will no longer drive our children because it creates stress for her (her words, not mine).  She handles pick up for our children at school, which is about a mile from our house.  We have two now in preschool, and one due soon.  Not driving is simply not an option, especially as our older child will be moving to a new school next year (still within that 1 mile radius of our house).  As a result of her unwillingness to drive, our children have friends based on our nanny's friends, not expanding or deepening relationships with friends at school because going to their houses requires driving.  We have worked around that challenge, and similar issues with being unable to let our children participate in activities/classes with their friends, to this point.  It all came to a direct discussion today because she flat out said "I will not drive three children.  I will stay home and you can make some arrangements to have a driver for the children."

Is this what people are talking about when they say "our needs changed"?  Is a driver arrangement something that people actually do?  It just strikes me as excessive, and unnecessary, as I see the other caregivers at our preschool managing very similar schedules with no problem.  Obviously its not as easy as just having one newborn charge, and I get that, but this is feeling like an excessively strong demand (and demand it is, this is not a request from her).

So....what are experiences from others - parents and caregivers - who have BTDT?[/quote]

I am a Nanny and I  don't like to drive . I  don't take a job where you have to drive. It's a huge responsibility  to take incase something happens don't want to leave in that guilt.

Remember accident can happen no matter how good you drive. Just my opinion may be your nanny doesn't want to drive anymore in this weather. I do have huge respect to all the nannies  who drive kids around because  it's a huge responsibility. [/quote]

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