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[quote=Anonymous]I've been a nanny for a very long time, and while I have been "let go" for pretty normal reasons a few times (such as the youngest child is now in kindergarten, or one parent got laid off and they couldn't afford me any longer, or the family moved out of state), I was only "fired" one time.

It was early in my nanny career and it was a position with 3 year old twins and a 6 year old boy with autism who was home schooled (mostly by the nanny). I'd worked with children with autism before and I'd done some home school work before, but I didn't realize how high needs/ low functioning their 6 year old was before I started the job (and I think the parents were a little in denial about that, too). I just wasn't up to the job, honestly, and I should have just quit. I felt like I was "helping them out" by sticking it out, but that really wasn't the case, because I wasn't giving the 6 year old the level of care he needed, and it just wasn't a good fit.

I am happy that they fired me, because that was a really tough job that I just wasn't cut out for. I learned a lot from that job, including what my personal limitations are, and also to ask a lot more questions up front (and have a couple trial days before officially starting). Also I was relatively young and inexperienced, and did not charge very much (in hindsight I should've been getting at least $5/hr more, minimum), so I'm hoping that it was also a learning lesson for that family (if you have 3 young kids, including a special needs child, and want your children home schooled, maybe don't just go for the candidate willing to work for the least amount of money).[/quote]

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