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[quote=nannydebsays]Well, I would say 90% of the time it's an issue with the parents - their management style, their ever increasing expectations that don't involve actual childcare, or just a "poor fit" between personalities.

Some of these issues can be prevented or fixed with excellent interviewing (finding a nanny who fills your wishes re: happy to be managed vs. preferring to be given basic direction and left to do her job).

Other problems can be fixed or avoided with astute management of your needs vs. your nanny's needs. You may need to have all of your laundry done each week - YOUR laundry, not children's laundry. Nanny may need to feel full job satisfaction by focusing on child related tasks and on providing excellent child care. In that situation, nanny will leave because she is unhappy with her job. Note that this issue usually develops over time as parents add tasks to nanny's plate.

A poor fit is harder to fix, and sometimes both parties need to accept that they would be more successful with other partners in their nanny/parent partnership.

Maybe 10% of the time it's a child related issue, such as challenging behaviors that are accepted by parents and rejected by nanny. There are also ages that tend to be more difficult - I find 4 year old girls to be...interesting creatures, and would not choose to start a job with a girl who is 4. If I have been with a child since the newborn stage, the 4 yog stage is much less insane, IMO.

Just as a note, the only job I ever left because of a child involved a 3 yo boy who was so horribly spoiled that he would literally drop his sippy cup on the ground and then yell for me to pick it up and give it back to him WHILE he stood next to said cup. His parents catered to him 100% of the time, never made him obey or do anything he didn't want to do, and as a nanny, I don't play that mess.[/quote]

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