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[quote=Anonymous]I have now had three college-aged/student household employees (two nannies and a "household assistant"). This is par for the course, I think. They are still children in a lot of ways, and since she's living with you, she thinks of you as more like her parents than the kind of employers whe'll have after college.

The issues that I see with the college nanny are related to the fact that they've never really run a household, so money is very "fungible" to them; things just ... get paid for, by them maybe, or by their parents, or, apparently, by you (or the college loan office, but you get my drift). $600 is $200 is $50 is $800 ... there's always another chance, there will be more money later, and nothing is personally at stake for them besides being a little embarrassed (she's not going to starve, get kicked out of school, or be on the street).

You can try talking to her about being a responsible adult, but I suspect these kinds of things are going to keep coming up. I am sure that she is completely surprised every time something goes wrong, and genuinely forgets about tasks she's supposed to do. She's just not a mature, responsible adult. She's a college kid who will be careful with your kids and do the basics she needs to do for her job. The stakes just aren't there to make her "get" how important this other stuff is to you.

The driving situation might be a deal breaker for me. I wouldn't trust her anymore, and if she doesn't pay for the tickets she gets (and she will get more), shes going to lose her license anyway.[/quote]

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