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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If faced with two equally qualified nannies, one of whom had young children and one who did not, I would hire the one without young kids.

As any parent of young kids knows, they get sick.  They get sick a fair amount, little head colds, flus, ear infections, etc...  It goes with the territory.  If a mother doesn't have a childcare option in place that includes being home w/ a sick child, then the mother or father has to stay home (generally).

So why would I choose a nanny who will be facing the exact same childcare challenges that I face, and that drive me to hire her in the first place?  I assume that a mother of young children will need days off unexpectedly and that is the single most difficult thing for me to accommodate.

It's a shame, but it's the reality.[/quote]

Get backup care then because if you expect your nanny to never get sick, especially after forcing her to take care of your snot-infested kid, then you're an idiot. And she may get pregnant at some point. I assume you'd just fire her if she did though.[/quote]

I do have backup care.  And I have a 60 year old nanny so the odds of her getting pregnant are pretty slim.  And she's been with us for years because I'm a freaking awesome boss and she's a freaking awesome nanny.  And together we have seen each other through significant illnesses and raised two fabulous kids.  But she's never missed a day of work because one of her children was sick.

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