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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where is all of the outcry from nannies regarding severing close emotional ties? On the long term damage being done to OP's child because of the loss of her primary caregiver?

Shouldn't this nanny be held to the same standard as nannies who are fired because the parent has an issue with them? 
Or do those severed emotional ties only have long lasting negative impacts if its the parents' doing the severing?[/quote]

1) We have no idea HOW the nanny quit.  I don’t judge parents for letting a nanny go, but if they fire a nanny with little or no notice and no plan in place to ease that transition emotionally for their child then yes, that is damaging, particularly if they do it multiples times with multiple nannies.
2) Pop quiz: The person who should at all times be putting the well-being of the child ahead of their own needs is: a) the parent or b) the nanny?  I put the kids ahead of my needs 60 hours a week but in my off time and in my overall life I am not responsible for them.  One of the basic principles of being a successful nanny: you can’t care more than the parents.[/quote]

However sometimes the parents care so little that the nanny has no choice but to care more.

If you figure out how to love less as a nanny, please let me know.  Honestly.  [/quote]

It all comes down to interview skills.  If you don’t want to work for neglectful, dysfunctional parents, it’s on you to screen for that.[/quote]

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