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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]why is she a bad nanny? cant we all just admit that some kids are in fact.... SPOILED. Truth hurts. [/quote]

Very true....and sometimes the parents are spoiled and selfish too, so they are raising their kids that way (not always).  Until 5 years ago, I would have been so shocked and disturbed by the OP's post.  As a nanny, I would have told her she shouldn't be in the biz anymore due to her attitude.  I worked for great families, great kids (kids that tried normal misbehaviors, but the parents actually parented well and we all worked on it - overall good families).  Now, after 20 years in the biz, I work for both parents and children who are selfish, self-absorbed, no empathy, impolite, over the top consumerism (including buying way too much for kids all the time), too focused on appearance, uncaring about lying, cheating, stealing, bratty behavior....

You get the idea.  And guess what?  Even I have become angry and bitter dealing with a family such as this.  The problem is, when you bang your head against the wall so hard trying to teach the kids good behavior and decent values (like kindness, basic respect, not lying/cheating/sneaking, etc.) and you get nowhere....you realize that children copy their parents, PERIOD.  Nothing you do as a nanny really makes that much of a difference when their parents are modeling - on a daily basis - self-absorption, materialism, impoliteness, lack of empathy, outright mean-ness (to each other), dishonesty, etc.   You can't compete with that and actually teach them anything different.  They don't care.  You are just some person not in their family talking about concepts they have never heard about nor seen their family do. [/quote]

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