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[quote=Anonymous]My husband and I interviewed a nanny and thought that she'd be a good fit for our family, probably at least partly because she reminded us VERY strongly of a previous nanny who was fantastic.  She has only had one previous nanny job and it lasted a year before the mom told her they no longer needed her because she wanted to spend more time with the kids herself.  I called her reference and the mom let me know that they actually let the nanny go because of a couple of things that had them concerned about the nanny keeping the kids safe (relatively minor, but put together made them uncomfortable) and also mentioned that they had thought she was lazy.  The mom told me that she hadn't told the nanny her reasons for letting her go and asked me not to.

So now I feel like I don't want to get in the middle of this (and we've already found another fantastic nanny who we've hired) but the girl that I interviewed has no idea that she's giving out a reference who doesn't recommend her - in fact the reference was actually telling me other places that I could look to find a nanny though she did say that the nanny would probably be fine if I kept on top of her and managed her firmly.  I feel like the nanny could learn from this if she knew why she was let go and why we didn't hire her, but at the same time I don't know exactly what to say since the reference specifically asked me not to tell her why they let her go.

Any suggestions?[/quote]

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