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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are good nannies and bad nannies, and lots of mediocre nannies.  There are also good sitters and bad sitters and lots of mediocre sitters.  The job title does not mean a whole lot, frankly.

All sitters and nannies, including the experienced ones, need to be managed.  Knowing how to take care of children does not mean you know how to do do your job, because knowing how to take care of someone else's children does not mean you know how to take care of your employer's children in the way she wants it done.  It's quite simple: Her kids plus her payroll=her values and rules.  The idea that true nannies should have complete autonomy is laughable.[/quote]

I agree with you to a point (this notion of nannies deserving total autonomy is completely silly), but when you're talking about management being an issue of rules and values being followed, I feel like the majority of those things should be addressed before hiring so as to ensure a good working relationship and family fit. A good, experienced nanny who you can communicate openly with probably won't need much management because there won't be many issues which you need to intervene on.[/quote]

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