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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To 9:50 PP, I can't tell whether you are being deliberately obtuse.  Yes, I teach all my charges.  But some parents are very controlling and in those families I am not creating a curriculum, but simply executing what the parents have laid out.  I can find that the kids liked the story time about butterflies and do butterfly art and cooking projects and read butterfly books, but I can't opt to grow a butterfly garden at home because we can't go to the garden center.  I can't take them to a butterfly house.  I can't take them to a library further afield because they are having a butterfly-themed story time this week.  I can't take them to botanical gardens with butterfly gardens installed.  I can't take them to an art exhibit inspired by butterflies.  I can only do projects with the ingredients and art supplies that the parents keep on hand.  I find that much less interesting.

Yes, a great nanny can work within the confines of a job, but a great nanny also has her pick of jobs.  First-time nanny employers need to think through their ideal nanny relationship and then realize that there will be some nanny personalities that like more or less ownership vs. guidelines.  Not every great nanny is the right nanny for a given job.  I too can and have taken on a teacher role within a lot of limitations both in time and resources.  But it wasn't as fun and I would shy away from that kind of job if I had other options.  And frankly, I will always have other options.

If parents want to exercise a lot of control and hire a nanny with that in mind, that is great.  The problem I have seen often is parents who want a nanny who can function independently and advertise themselves and their job as being well-suited to a take-charge self-starter personality but them refuse to loosen the reins even after nanny has been in the job for a year or more and has more than demonstrated good sense and competence, or the reverse: parents hire a nanny with the primary qualification that she take direction well and then a year into the job they are constantly annoyed that she needs hand-holding for some aspects of the job rather than taking initiative.[/quote]

PP here.  Are you being purposely obtuse?!  Do not take the job if you cannot - or chose not to - teach within any given perimeters. I don't need your long-winded butterfly story!  You can always teach.  Always.  That is my point.    [/quote]

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