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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being a nanny is only stressful and isolating if you are doing it right.  Seriously, how many nannies do you see out there "doing it right"?  [/quote]
[b]Does "doing it right" mean we care about doing the highest quality of work? [/b]

Those who don't care about the children aren't nannies. 
They're fly-by-night sitters, not nannies.

Too bad if parents refuse to understand the difference.[/quote]

Yes.  And from what I have seen most nannies don't care about doing "the highest quality of work" and too bad for them refusing to understand the difference.  Nannies constantly on their phones, nannies who don't know or understand developmental stages, nannies who never talk, read or engage their charges (or who can't because they don't speak English).  Sitting on your phone in the park while your charges run around bugging good nannies and parents to pay attention to them is not stressful.   [/quote]

If you find playing with your charge stressful,  being a nanny is NOT for you.

I'm a nanny and don't even have a data plan on my phone, so there is no "being on my phone" ever. I nanny two lovely kids, a toddler and a preschooler. Nothing stressful about my day. Sure they fight sometimes,  but they are loving children and I've known both of them since birth. I have them on a great routine that allows me about 2hrs a day completely to myself.I get to be outside, often go fruit and vegetable picking at local farms and plan all kinds of fun activities outside of the house.

[b]How is this stressful again?[/b][/quote]

You are responsible for the life of a child.  It is not an office job where if you don't pay attention you could lose a report.  When a nanny doesn't doesn't pay attention a child can die.  A toddler can run into the street in four seconds flat.  A sudden spike in a fever can lead to a febrile seizure and permanent brain damage in a baby.  A child can choke while eating (the DC nanny who watched her charge die in front of her in spite of performing CPR).  I find the enormous responsibility of caring for a child stressful - as I should.

As a nanny, your job is more than playing with your charge.   [/quote]

BAHAHAHA. This is rich. Yes, caring for children is stressful, but you are doing something seriously wrong if it is affecting your health.

You want to know real stress? Talk to a neurosurgeon or an ER nurse. Talk with someone who works with refugees and victims of abuse or in the penal system. 
Nannies are well paid, have little to no daily oversight, can eat/pee/sit down when they want to and never get stuck at work for an extra two hours because a gun shot wound walked in 10 minutes before their shift ended. 
Have a little perspective please, and stop trying to make your role so much more important than it is...parent's aren't going to read your thread and magically decide you are worth the $25/hr you would like to be paid. [/quote]
It's Sunday morning. You sound *very* stressed and angry. Has it been a long weekend with the kids? I hope you feel better tomorrow morning when you get to go back to your (hopefully!) less stressful job.[/quote]

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