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[quote=Anonymous]We have a great nanny, who my kid adores. I've asked her to babysit on evenings and weekends occasionally, and I always say "it's ok if you aren't available--I just always ask you before other sitters because my daughter loves you!" She almost always says "yes" to these requests and I'm a bit worried that she feels obligated. The contract says something about her regular hours and "other hours as needed." I believe the goal was to establish that if one of the families in the share needed an extra half hour here or there, she'd try to be flexible. I don't want her to think that she has to take on extra hours of babysitting. But, on the other hand, is she wants the extra cash, I much prefer having her babysit over finding someone else. How do I broach this with her? What I can I say/do to make it clear that she's not obligated to babysit outside of assigned hours?[/quote]
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