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[quote=Anonymous]11:49 was a hypothetical guess at a possible other side of the story.

We had a nanny for more than three years who behaved in much the same way as that hypothetical scenario, and who also had increasing unreliability, growing depression, etc...

She is a lovely person and she dearly loved our kids, but she was no longer the best solution.

We debated putting the kids in an early preschool, because frankly that would have been MUCH easier than telling her she was no longer good enough.

It wasn't the best solution for our kids though, so we fired the nanny and replaced her with someone more appropriate and suited for their current ages and needs.

It was very hard.

Lots of parents don't have experience hiring and managing other people, much less in such personal circumstances.  So putting a child in preschool can be an easier way for them to end a nanny relationship that wasn't working.

Whether that's right or not for the child(ren) in question is for the parents to decide.  But it is pretty unlikely that serious harm will be done given a stable home life.  It might even be a real improvement for the kid.

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