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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]In any profession your bosses don't have to like you but it is different being a nanny. I'm not the woman/man below my boss in the office, I am the woman helping raise her child. I this world many nannies often time spend more waking hours with a child than the mother and father. It is something to worry about and I feel you are missing the whole point of what OP is getting at. It's a very personal relationship when you welcome someone into your home, into your family, to help raise your child. This is an incredibly rough and rewarding job. [b]It's important for nannies to bond with every person in the household to feel like " family". [/b]It's imperative I work for employers who appreciate, respect, and yes, like me! [/quote]

I could not disagree more. You are NOT family. You are an employee. I am polite to my nanny. But I do not feel like she is my sister or daughter. She is a woman we employ. I hate seeing so many people on here claim everyone should be like family. This is why nannies get so hurt when they get let go because they're no longer needed - because they forgot their place as an employee. When my actual family watches our kids, WE DON'T PAY THEM. Because they really ARE family. [/quote]

I am a nanny and have never felt like family with the people I work for - I have my own family and don't particularly desire that. But I do feel like a close family friend. I've spent months co-caring for my charges while both sets of grandparents visit and know them all so well the grandmothers occasionally text from home (across the country) just to ask how I'm doing. This is a good balance for me as I feel valued and cared for on a personal level (this is a very personal job), without veering into over-share territory. However, I'd be very sad to be treated as nothing more than an employee the way you suggest. I spend all day with your precious children, it would be hurtful to be held at a further distance than your neighbors and mom-friends are.[/quote]

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