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[quote=Anonymous]Curious to hear from others about your experiences.  We are a relatively frugal family and we have a nanny who is a bit more free about spending money when out with the kids.  For example, on a normal outing for us we pack snacks and drinks from home.  We occasionally eat out but it's fairly rare and usually for a treat.  We also have memberships to several local places where we can take the kids in addition to free stuff so we're not always paying individually for an activity every time we go.  Mostly we tend to go to the park, library or somewhere where we have an annual pass.  I SAH part time with the kids so I really get how hard it can be to entertain them which is why we always give ideas of places for them to go to get out of the house.  Our nanny is more free with buying them things when out - snacks, toys etc.  Of course we reimburse her but I also don't really want to spend money that way since DB and I don't do it ourselves when we're with them and it adds up.  There's also a bit of a philosophical issue of not wanting my kids to get used to getting something whenever they go out.  I don't know if it's just an individual difference kind of thing since it hasn't been an issue for us before and I'm not sure if I should raise it. Has anyone been down this road before?  Nannies, do you assume if someone has a nanny they have a lot of disposable income so daily things wouldn't be an issue? [/quote]

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