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[b]There is nothing toxic about the post or poster you urge OP to disregard.[/b] [/quote]

Well, then we disagree on a fundamental point. If you can't recognize the toxicity of that poster then you're either dumb, new around here, or just as fricking ignorant as the PP was.

And again, a nanny who brings her own child does cost less, but it is NOT a true share. A true share balances the needs of both parents and both children evenly. A nanny's child takes backseat to her employer's child. Those are completely different scenarios. How hard is it to see that?

[b]I'd kill myself if I had to work for MBs as dumb as some of the ones that post here. Jesus.[/quote][/b]

Nanny, there is no basis for concluding that an MB is dumb because she disagrees with your self-interested perspective.  I don't agree with everything she says (e.g., the conclusions about professionalism seem unfair to me), but her perspective is otherwise rational and well-explained and I think she fairly captures many aspects of how many MBs feel about the issues surrounding employment of a nanny who brings her child to work.  On the other hand, your post is highly toxic and, frankly, very childlike.

Similarly, there is no basis for your conclusion that a nanny's child always takes backseat to her employer's child.  I'm sure that is true for some nannies, and I am equally sure that other nannies who expect their own child's needs to be balanced with the needs of her employer's child.  At the end of the day, regardless of what the nanny says, when the four year old is getting into danger and the infant is screaming, the infant is going to be put down so the nanny can attend to the four year old.  NO ONE would fault the nanny for that, but the reality is that when one adult has to balance the needs of two kids, compromises will be made.  This reality lowers what many MBs are willing to pay for a nanny with child in tow.

If you want to contribute to productive dialogue, stop calling MBs dumb because they disagree with you and your sense of your own market value, and help the OP figure out what questions she needs to ask the nanny and herself to see if they have a common vision for the arrangement.

On another note, has anyone out there actually researched what insurance would apply if a nanny's child were injured at the employer's hours or during the nanny's work hours.  MBs are required to buy worker's comp insurance to cover the nanny, but the nanny's child is not an employee, so I'm guessing she wouldn't be covered.  To what extent would any such liability be covered by standard homeowners?  Would a homeowner's policy cover injuries to the child that occurred during the nanny's work hours but off site?[/quote]

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