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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

I think you're underestimating the need these girls have to feel connected while they're living in a new, challenging environment.[/quote]

Tough luck, buttercup.  Being an AP is a job. When she is working, I want her working, not "connecting". And it is not a "need" all day, it's a "want".

Does she need to connect and make friends? Yes.  She can connect all she wants when she is off duty.  If there is a need to reach my AP urgently, I've told her to give friend's our land line # to call when she is on duty, but I expect it to be used infrequently and briefly.  I feel entirely justified in my rule, having been a nanny both home and abroad when was younger.  i never felt entitled to make personal phone calls all day when on the job.  I might get the rare call asking if I was free after work, or if i could pick up something from the store on my way home, but mostly I made plans before or after work.  And those phone calls took no more than one minute from my day on the rare day I got them. [/quote]

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