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[quote=Anonymous]Just curious to see how you guys deal with controlling mothers.... I’m at the end of my rope..
I started this job during the Pandemic, the kid was a little over 1. We stayed home all the time and parents were busy.
Mom has always been working from home a lot...
But now that the boy is older, I noticed how she’s changing. Sue controls every little thing, and I can’t do anything I would like with the kid. For example, she sets most of the schedule, which includes time just playing at home. I don’t do any play dates, unless she schedules one, which is like once a month if we’re lucky. I can’t just take him to places when I want to, always have to abide by her schedule. I’m not used to such jobs. Like if I wanted to go to the library Story time  and Playground at 10, sometimes she’ll say just do the library, or go at 9 instead. She doesn’t buy any food, besides sandwiches, which how van we eat sandwiches everyday for lunch. I offered her a million times to buy some veggies and meat and I’ll cook, she just won’t let me and says oh I don’t feel like meatloaf today, oh you have  to Wait till I get that organic chicken from the city, which takes 2 months. I wish I was making this up. She constantly yells at the kid when he’s being silly, we can barely talk because she’s on meetings and stuff. I wanted to take him to the town pool most days in the summer, he loves the pool, so far still no Pool passes. I have many nanny friends that go out all the time. Nannies that don’t swim, I do, who take kids to the pool. I used to take all my previous kids that I watched to the pools. I would make our own schedules and, of course, verify with the parents. I never had this situation before.  I thought she was anxious, but I just realized I think she’s just controlling, she doesn’t show many anxious signs, it’s more like she’s a helicopter over us and just barking commends at us. Do this and this, eat this and not that...

I will be looking into new jobs so I have a new job lined up by September, or even sooner, the kid will go to school full time but they still want me. I just can’t take it anymore, going there every morning and waiting for commands is not what I envision for a nanny with more than 15 years of Experience.

I was just wondering what your experiences are and how you dealt/deal with them, because I’m slowly burning out. 
Thank you! 
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