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[quote=Anonymous]If the Nannie was not watching my kid and was either engrossed in conversation with another person or was distracted scrolling on her phone, then yes I would definitely be upset with her. But at the age of 2, as long as the ground below was not solid concrete or even blacktop, many kids of that age can climb bars (not monkey bars) without needing to be carried up by an adult.
It sounds like the nannie was standing close behind the child and when the child fell, it would have been impossible for her to have caught the child on time.

Nannies get blamed for many things while on duty. If a child gets hurt, vomits or even does not sleep the parents always will blame the nannie. It is just par for the course. The fact that they took the child to see a doctor over falling off some bars is just overkill. If the child had broken some bones or injured herself she would have been in pain.
I once was a nannie for a young boy. He fell off the swing at a park and landed in the sand. Of course I phoned his mom and she was so concerned that she took off early from work and came home to take him in to see a pediatrician. She yelled at me for not watching him sufficiently and blamed me for the entire thing. I felt guilty of course (who wouldn’t?) but the pediatrician said the kid was just fine. He had no bruises or bumps from the fall and was acting the same.

About 3 weeks later at the same park the kid was there with his dad and happened to actually fall off of the rock climbing wall. He broke his arm and had to be in a cast for the next month or so.
Shortly after this happened I realized that I had been unfairly blamed and gave notice I would be leaving in 3 weeks. They ended up letting me go immediately.

As nannies we have to understand that if a kid falls or gets hurt while in our care then the parents will assign 10000% blame on us.
But if the child gets injured while with the parents they just label it as an accident citing kids will be kids.

For this reason alone - I would definitely quit this job.
The parents are not living in reality and really should stay home with their child if they get angry over a child falling off some bars.
Now if a nannie left an infant in a bathtub alone, then went to the living room to watch TV, then that is definitely an issue.
But to let a 2 year old climb up some bars alone is no big deal as long as there is a cushion/sand below.

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I wish I had quit much sooner.[/quote]

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