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[quote=Anonymous][quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have one. We didn't tell our nanny. We feel no guilt about this at all. [/quote]

Do you also not care if she finds it and quits? I know plenty of nannies who have no problem working on camera, myself included, but I don't know any who would be okay with her employers secretly taping her. I wouldn't quit on the spot. I'd take special consideration to be super nanny on camera, get an evaluation or recommendation letter from you, find a great new position, then leave you high and dry. If you think its okay to be sneaky and dishonest, why should your nanny treat you any differently?[/quote]
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We'll deal with it if you quit with no notice. I just don't want you abusing my child when you think nobody can see you. That's why we don't tell our nanny.[/b][/quote]

So instead of being upfront about the fact that you will nanny cam, you choose to hide that fact because you apparently believe the person you hired is a potential abuser.. I am trying to wrap my head around that logic.

You don't trust the person you hired.  So you chose to break trust with that person at the time she was hired by installing a secret nanny cam.  And you expect to one day see proof that you were right to film your nanny in secret when you watch her abusing your child.  Wow. Just...wow.

I hope you have every room (including bathrooms) cammed from every possible angle, and that when nanny discovers you are filming her at all times, even when she has the expectation of privacy, she sues you for all you have.  I guess then it's "stupid" to leave your child with a nanny you don't trust, right? Maybe if parents do background checks, contact and speak with references, and take the time to interview carefully, they'll be better able to trust the person they hire.   Of course, that logic doesn't apply to the PP who is going to "deal with it" when nanny finds the secret cams and quits. That PP will just hire the first person they find when the previous nanny quits, and then cope with the consequences if that person does abuse their kid. Brilliant plan. Hope that works out for them.
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Simmer down, Deb! We did do a background check, and we did check references, and we did interview carefully. But you can still never be sure. And, everyone who does something awful, at some point, does that awful thing for the first time.  We do not expect to see proof of our nanny abusing our child.  Of course we didn't put cameras in the bathrooms. We checked with our lawyer that we have the right to film in the common areas of our home and we do. If the nanny finds out about cameras then of course, anyone can file suit against anyone else in court. But I don't think they'd win for invasion of privacy. [/quote]

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