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[quote=Anonymous]Give no less than 6 weeks notice at the absolute minimum; 8-12 weeks is better. Like a previous poster, one of my previous nanny families, who I had worked with for 3 years, gave me exactly 3 weeks notice when their son entered preschool. In my case it did take longer than that to find a job because they gave me notice the week before Christmas which was not a good time to be job hunting. I ended up being unemployed for two months (it took me almost 6 weeks to get a good job offer with a suitable family, but they didn't need me to start the job for another 3 weeks).

That boy (age 3) was not at all prepared for the major life change of his full time nanny (since 3 months old) suddenly leaving and being put in a classroom all day (I agree with the previous poster that I might have been able to help prepare him more if I had more notice myself). He had major issues at preschool; his teachers said he was too disruptive to the other students, and after a few rough months, his mom switched him to a different, part time preschool.

At that point she did reach out to me, but I was full time with another family and she was only wanting 20 hours a week; plus I felt I couldn't trust her after she had previously given me only 3 weeks notice. So, she  hired another part time nanny, because "he obviously wasn't ready for full time preschool" -- exact words of his mother. [/quote]

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