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[quote=Anonymous]Nanny here.  Personally, I'm very against using a phone during work hours when I would need to look at the phone, but others feel that texting takes less attention from kids than phone calls.  My opinion is that calls should be as needed, and it's certainly possible to talk to  doctor's office while engaging a child in pantomime games or something else quiet.  If your child is actively trying to attract the nanny's attention and she's ignoring him in favor of texting or something else visual on the phone, that's deliberate and unacceptable.

I'm curious about why you said your nanny obviously knows about the nanny cam.  Did you disclose that you had nanny cams, how many and/or where they are, or are they easily seen so that you assume she knows they are there?

Some nannies and employers keep everything very professional with employers, some don't.  Either way, most contracts stipulate that something like this would merit a verbal warning, then written warning, and the third offense would be termination for cause.  Whether you address it formally or informally, you need to follow your contract procedures, and if she's otherwise good, it would seem like a verbal warning for the first time would be sufficient.[/quote]

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