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[quote=Anonymous]My kids are friends with kids from another family whose does a lot of the drop offs and pick ups for school and aftercare. Our kids go to the same school and are frequently in the same camps and such.  We all work full-time - we have a nanny who we've had for a year now and who we love. It's expensive, but worth it to us not to have to juggle all the drop offs and pick ups during the year. The parents of the kids' friends seem to cobble it together - they have a stable of college sitters in combination with staggering their own schedules.

They frequently ask me if my nanny can drop off and pick up their kids when they're having trouble figuring it out. The first few times I made up excuses, but I now realize I should have just told the truth to nip this in the bud - we pay a lot for consistent care and I'm sorry that they didn't or can't, but I'm also not interested in asking my nanny to perform additional services that she should be paid for just because they are having trouble.

The issue is that I'm fine (and our nanny is fine) with play dates and such as long as they reciprocal and for the kids' benefit. Its not as if she never watched other kids. There just seems to be a line between exchanging play dates and taking advantage.

Their mom just texted me again to see if our nanny can pick her two kids up from summer camp tomorrow because they never figured out a sitter and they both have meetings. Our nanny will be there anyway picking up our two kids and presumably *could* pick up her two as well, I just don't think that's appropriate to ask of my nanny. I guess if we were all planning a play date that seemed reciprocal none of us would have an issue with it. It's just the principle of acting as their back up childcare that I'm paying for and that my nanny is not getting paid extra for that I think is unfair.

Any suggestions for how to handle this?  Do I just need to tell the truth?  Our don't want to damage our relationship - the kids are all really good friends and I like the parents as people, except for this. Thanks for any suggestions. [/quote]

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