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[quote=Anonymous]I don't take positions in which I am expected to provide my own food while I am eating with children.  My theory is this: my job is to teach your child to appreciate good nutrition as well as taste, to instill good manners and to promote sharing.  If the child has to eat something they don't like and I'm not eating it, it's not the same as requiring them to eat it while I do.  I always, always make sure kids know what I like to eat and what I don't; I also make sure that they watch me eat a normal portion of the things I don't like as much.  If I am providing my own food, I guarantee I won't be buying things I don't like!  I have never approved of eating something i front of someone else and not offering to share, but I am not paying for food that I am going to bring to work and share with your child.  I know how much my meals cost, given that I'm normally the one doing the grocery shopping, and as I usually do all the household cooking, I don't eat something for lunch that was supposed to be dinner.  I would be insulted if a family told me that I shouldn't eat any of their food.

With that being said, this is a share and the children have very different diets.  In this situation, it might be beneficial to the children to see that the nanny is eating something else as well, as an early example of people with different lifestyles being able to get along.  However, if I was the nanny in that situation, I would ask for an extra dollar an hour to offset the work I would have to do to prep multiple meals and snacks every morning before leaving for work (no family wants to store more than one-two days food specifically for the nanny, I would assume, and I don't eat sandwiches or other pre-prepared foods), the cost of the food, and the work to cook two different meals each meal period.[/quote]

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