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[quote=Anonymous]I am currently a full-time Nanny to two boys-
One 2.5, the other 5.
Have been with this family since oldest son’s birth.
(Five years)

The family has always been wonderful + fair, though the pay has been a little less than great.
But since the job was so great, I let it slide.
Anyway, the weather today was triple digits with a heat advisory.
I am not allowed to drive them anywhere and am expected to take the kids out for one daily outing per day.
There are a ton of hills in their neighborhood.
The two yr. old rides in a stroller while the five yr. old walks.

We usually walk to the park, library or Rec Ctr.
Today a fellow Nanny invited me + the kids over to her charge’s house for a play date.
Our charges are the same ages and are friends.

Well with the heat and getting all three of us ready to go, I realized when I arrived that I forgot to text MB to let her know.
About ten minutes after arriving, I sent her the text - letting her know where we were.
(My first and only time in five yrs. forgetting!)

When she came home from work, she lectured me.
That next time I need to text her and let her know which I agreed to do.
I apologized for forgetting this one time and promised it would not happen again.
She also told me from now on that I need to text her when I leave the house too.

She said that she didn’t know the family of the house that we went to the play date at.
She didn’t know if they had guns or registered sex offenders on the property either.
*Note:
A few years ago, I took the oldest to a play date at another Nanny friend’s charge’s home and had asked my MB prior.
She told me that as long as I would be there with the son, it was fine.

So that is why this situation caught me off guard today.
I feel that after FIVE yrs she should trust my judgment.
I feel like she doesn’t fully trust me.

I am very hurt about this all and am feeling very disillusioned overall about being a Nanny.

Nannies:
Do your bosses need to meet all the parents of the children you attend play dates with or do they leave it to you to decide if a family is okay?
Do they trust your judgment?
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