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[quote=Anonymous]I hired our nanny about 5 months ago and am struggling with how to let her go. She speaks Spanish and very little to no English at all. I knew that she didn’t speak English well when I hired her but she said she was eager to learn and wanted to nanny in an English speaking house so that she could learn more quickly. It has been 5 months and I just cannot get comfortable with her taking care of my children because of the language barrier.  I often leave the house worried about whether or not she really understood what directions I had just given her. This is mostly a safety concern as what would happen in an emergency situation with my children? Would she be able to call 911 and explain what’s going on? Or ask someone for help if they are out at a restaurant or park and need something? She was recently in a car accident and told me that she had to have her husband meet her at the scene to explain to the cops what happened because they didn’t speak Spanish so she wasn’t able to communicate with them. The worst part, and it’s difficult for me to even type out, is that I found out she was putting my three year old daughter in a booster seat instead of a convertible car seat with a chest harness because she thought it was okay. I have an extra convertible car seat for her to use in her car for my daughter and after a while she asked if she can just put my daughter n her daughters car seat because she has “the same one.” One day I watched her put my daughter in her car and noticed that she was using the seat belt so I went out there to take a look at what was going on and saw that it was a booster seat, not a convertible car seat. She was confused as to why it wasn’t okay to put my daughter in a booster seat but has been sure to put her in the convertible car seat I approve of since then. Even though she corrected the issue I am still constantly worried when I leave my son and daughter with her. It is more stressful to have her come help us than it is helpful. Aside from the communication and safety issues with the language barrier she is a very sweet lady who I do like and my children seem to really adore. However, I cannot continue to work with her when I feel this way. I need to let her go and want to be honest with her, I’m just not sure if telling her that I can’t have her anymore because of the language barrier is a good idea and how I would go about doing so. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to let her go? Has anyone else been in this situation? [/quote]

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