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[quote=Anonymous][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]
You know what you want, based on what? Your girlfriends, The View, or some actual knowledge and experience?[/quote]

Possibly all of the above, plus instinct, intelligence, grandparents, siblings with kids, books, and experience babysitting or running youth recreational activities in our teen years.

In my experience, experience in the nanny field is way overrated.  Some of the least impressive nannies I've encountered have tons of experience, and it has done nothing but make them jaded and set in their questionable ways.  I value the nanny's personality, intelligence, social skills, mental stability, and formal training in child development much more.  Especially personality, intelligence, mental stability, and social skills, because these are the things that my child will eventually start to mimic.  Some of you nannies who think you know it all come across as so arrogant and mentally unhinged that I would never want my child in contact with you, for fear that she might pick up your hostile, "how dare you not be impressed by me" attitude.

And BTW, some of the best moms out there had no experience before having kids.  It comes naturally to them because they were raised well, have good judgment, and are smart enough to teach themselves what they don't know.[/quote]

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