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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not have children but have always received chocolates from my MB as she feels that I am a mother figure to her children. [/quote]

We should have a separate Nanny's Day.  I am NOT a mother figure - I am a teacher and caretaker.  I never want to be thought of by my employers or my charges as a "mother figure".  Uck!  [/quote]

Totally agree!!!

Absolutely pick a day to celebrate the nanny.  But that isn't Mother's Day.[/quote]

+1,000,000

I am not a mother figure to my charges!  [/quote]

as another nanny, I don't understand this sentiment. How are you not a mother figure? Mother figure and mother substitute are not the same thing. As a nanny, if you're doing your job right, your relationship is much closer to that of a mother figure than that of a teacher. I've been with my charge since she was 4 weeks old. I was there when she took her first steps, said her first words, rocked her to sleep at night, cared for her when sick, celebrated her birthdays, kissed her boo boos. I don't expect to be recognized on Mother's day, but why would I take offense if I was? Kind of ridiculous.[/quote]

I am one of the above PP's and I have been with my charge since his birth and love him dearly - but I am not a mother figure!  He has a great mother.  I am bonded to him but am his caretaker and teacher - not a mother figure.  Think about it this way - if I were a male, would I be a father figure?  Since I am older, should I be considered a grandmother figure?

Terms like "mother figure" are damaging to the nanny/MB relationship as well as wrong for the child.  Children have "mother figures" in their lives when they don't have mothers.  Our charges have mothers.  
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