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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree that you need to generally live with it and eat the replacement/repair costs, but if she is chronically careless or inattentive it's reasonable to have a conversation with her.  You can certainly ask her to be more careful with things, be very careful not to put plastic items on the stove, not force things that aren't working (like a window knob), etc...

Things get broken/dropped/whatever... but persistent carelessness with your things/house is not ok.

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+1 I had a brute of a nanny who broke 3 of the 7 knobs on my stove, 4 of my 8 water glasses, the chest of drawers in her room ... (On and on).  She was just extremely forcefully with things. For the stove I showed her (again) how to turn on the stove. Everything else I just ignored. Very very frustrating to have my stuff broken, but she was great with my kids and having things break in my house is part of the price I pay for having childcare provided in my hose. [/quote]

OP here.  I am in a similar situation.  She is good with my kids and I think it is the most important thing.  I mean she truly cares and is involved with them.  In the same way, repair cost is just an additional cost I pay for.    To the PPs who think she treats kids the same way she treats appliances.  It is not the case.  She is very good and attentive with kids.  May be in her mind she is focusing on the important thing and letting small ones fall through the cracks.  Kind of like how at work, we would try to focus on initiatives that will move the revenue needle and be not so attentive about just nice to have type asks.[/quote]

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