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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I am way too devoted to my charge. I just need to pull back emotionally a bit and don't know how to do it. I honestly get teary-eyed when I think that I may have to leave this job (I need more hours and I'm getting worn down by my MB).

I was a preschool teacher for many years, but this is my first long-tern nanny position. My charge is 18 months old and I have been with him since his birth.

Smart parents will do what they can to maintain the established bond between their child and a beloved nanny. If not, the consequences are profound and permanent.[/quote]

This is a myth. There is no data anywhere that says there are "profound and permanent" consequences to changing nannies.
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No, it is not a myth.  Just look it up.  While in some cases it cannot be helped and the parent is not at fault, it is generally accepted to keep those central to a child's life in the child's life.  Otherwise you have a revolving door of abandonment.

You have to remember that our children have no concept before five or six that the nanny is working -- and they form the same bonds with the nanny that they would with any secondary adult.  To think a young child is not affected by a change is nannies is like thinking a child is not affected by the divorce of his parents.

I would definitely keep the number of caretakers a child has to the barest of minimum.

- MB who is also a pediatrician.  [/quote]

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