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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here,

Not a troll. We feel as if our nanny'a role has changed now that our daughter is older and off at school. If these things are unreasonable to ask if her, can we cut her pay for the time that she doesn't have to care for our daughter? [/quote]

They are unreasonable. You can discuss with her the changing role and your need to have her for fewer hours and give her the option of staying, changing her duties or leaving. I was a nanny for many years and when the kids entered school, we always discuss a new role for me -- if they wanted to keep me around. I became an "organizer" of sorts, making travel arrangements, paying bills, shopping, or making phone calls.  I did never switch to housekeeper to the extend you describe. Get a cleaning service if you must. It's not that I couldn't do it, but when I was hired to take care of kids, parents expected a bit more of my "brains" than of my ability to make a toilette bowl shine. If their expectation changed that dramatically, we parted ways. "My kids," to this day, are still part of my life though many have married, or gone to college or moved away, I still get emails from them, etc. 
I am off on a tangent, but the relationship i built with those children and their families, is not one you  see people having with their cleaning lady. Just a thought. [/quote]

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