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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Huge, huge difference between meeting a friend or spouse at your office or a restaurant for lunch, vs. bringing someone a family doesn't know around that family's children, with out the family's prior approval.  But lets not delve into the differences between caring for children vs. other work settings.  They're obvious, and if you don't like them, chose a profession other than child care.[/quote]

1. These are not clandestine meetings. There is no secret here, and they are meeting in public. If you have given your nanny the freedom to take your child in public, they interact with people you don't know without your explicit permission daily.

2. You're right, being a nanny is different than working in an office setting. Nannies don't get lunch breaks, and we work longer hours. One of the benefits is generally having the freedom to spend your day how you like, and maybe that means meeting your husband at the park with the kids for lunch occasionally. Maybe it means your husband joining you on a walk with the kids at the end of the day before pickup. Denying your nanny these small pleasures puts you in the realm of nanny employers who won't let nanny leave the house or access the internet. The kind of people that suck to work for and don't keep good nannies very long.

3. I'm sure it's fun as an MB to toss around the old "don't like it, find a new profession" crap, but a nanny can just as easily say these are my expectations as a nanny and if YOU don't like it, feel free to find a new nanny. OP has already responded that she's going to let this go, but anyone having this issue needs to ask themselves if it is worth finding a new nanny over. Personally, a family that can't accept my husband's occasional presence in my life with their kids is not one I will work for.[/quote]

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