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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
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.

This is a myth. There is no data anywhere that says there are "profound and permanent" consequences to changing nannies.

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]

For a pediatrician, you lack critical thinking skills. There are no studies that conclude that there are profound and permanent consequences to changing nannies. This is a myth. If it wasn't, you'd certainly have academic citations to prove your point. Sure, there are studies on child abandonment and attachment disorders, but these studies concern children in extreme circumstances (Romanian orphans are a good enough example), not nannies in general employment in the US.

Will a child miss a nanny who moves on? Sure, just like they would miss any "secondary adult" in their lives, but equating a nanny change to a parent's divorce is a huge leap in (il)logic. Children change teachers every year and you can't find any studies that conclude changing teachers causes irreparable damage or trauma in young children. Because they don't. They cause some sadness, as everyone is sad when someone they care about moves on, but no permanent damage.

It does more "damage' to keep employing a mediocre nanny than changing nannies to ensure your child has the best care at all times. Consistency for consistency's sake is short sighted and foolish.[/quote]

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