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[quote=Anonymous]I have been a nanny for my current family for four mos.

The mother has told me the child can have 30-45min of tv time a day so I usually will turn it on when I cook lunch and after lunch when I clean up and tend to the dishes.

The father on the other hand has told me he prefers zero tv time while I am there but he hasn’t explicitly banned it.

The issue?
Okay the dad works from home 1-2 days per wk and lately when I have turned on the tv to entertain the 3 kids (5 and under!) while I hand wash the dishes, wipe the table/highchair and sweep the crumbs from the floor (so about 15 min of the tv being on), the tv screen will say the Internet connection is lost.
This has only occurred on the days that the father is upstairs working in his office.
And so the tv program that is on just shuts off and stays off for around 10-15min total.
When I ask the dad about it he told me the tv shut off because it depends on the internet since everything on it is streaming. He claims he sometimes moves the router upstairs but if that is true would it take that long to turn the Internet back on?
Even if he reprogrammed it??

The mother told me today that their internet never turns off and seems surprised that it does.

It seems benign but I wonder if the dad is intentionally turning it off so I cannot use the tv while I’m there.
Again it really isn’t even an issue in the big picture (no pun) but it bothers me on a principle level.
Because I feel if the dad is comfortable lying to me about such a small thing like this then he likely is just as comfortable lying to me about other stuff as well.

I am a very respectful employee who values honesty between an employer + employee.[/quote]

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