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[quote=Anonymous]I can see both sides of the coin here.

I know you are hugely disappointed w/the parents, who wouldn't be? I mean, they could have given you a "heads-up" that they were looking into other childcare options so you would be able to make future plans on finding a new position. It was totally inconsiderate & unethical for them to just spring this on you right out of left field.

However, they are not obligated to give you any form of notice, even though it would have been the right thing to do in this situation. As long as they offered two weeks of notice, this is sufficient in the big scheme of things.

I totally get how invested you were in this position, specifically the young boy involved. I really do. To many nannies, we grow to love our charges as much as we could love any other child.

For the child's sake, I wouldn't have left him so abruptly. I wish you had put aside your pride & stayed until he went into daycare. Then perhaps you could have baby-sat him when the daycare was closed or on date nights. For you to just walk out on him like that, that isn't going to be easy for him.

Again, it wasn't good for the parents to not let on earlier what they were going to do. I fully understand your feelings about that, I would feel exactly the same.

But if you TRULY care for your charge the way you described, you have to know that fundamentally it was wrong to just leave him for good due to his parent's actions.

After all, the children are the most important component in a Nanny/Parent/Child daycare relationship.[/quote]

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