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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a huge problem when nannies and parents are in the same place at the same time! Never a good idea.

I would have just bitten my tongue and concentrated on my job and let the nanny work on hers.

If you can, try to spend as much of your time at the office vs. working in the home.

It's so tempting to interfere all the time....Sometimes that temptation will be much too great.[/quote]

It's not interfering when you are still getting to know a brand new nanny.  It's parenting.  And it's managing your new employee (which is different from micromanaging).  And this particular nanny doesn't sound like she has inspired much confidence so far, so I am not sure how any reasonable parent would just start spending more time in the office to deal with that ...[/quote]

Unless the child was in immediate danger, it is micromanaging.[/quote]

So you think that you hire a new nanny, hand your child over with minimal instructions on day one, and let the nanny do her thing without any input (and try to disappear off to work) because otherwise it's micromanaging?  How on earth would a parent have any idea if their child was in good, capable hands, let along danger?  There is a HUGE gap between abuse and danger and actually being a good nanny, and while a nanny might not be putting my child in danger by planting him in front of the TV, that doesn't mean I'd keep employing a nanny who did the latter.   Getting to know and trust a new nanny is an ongoing process not a one or two day thing ...  If you think that's micromanaging, you should find a new line of work.[/quote]

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