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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where I live at, SoCal specifically none of my Nanny buddies have to do any chores.
Not even laundry.

We just clean up after ourselves and the kiddos before we go home.

Childcare should not include any cleaning or laundry or shopping duties since none of that has any thing to do w/the actual care of a child.[/quote]

I live in the Midwest, and it is the opposite.  Here, a nanny caring for one child is generally expected to leave the house clean, prep dinner for the family a couple of days a week, and do small tasks to keep the house neat, like emptying the dishwasher or taking out the trash.  Even our high school babysitters will do the dishes and pick up the playroom after the kids go to bed.  I haven't found that these are really explicitly stated, but generally expected.  [/quote]

I was going to say that all is negotiable depending on the local norm, the age and number of kids, compensation, and number of hours when children are at school or napping.  But...folks from the Midwest are often sought after factory and office employees (not talking nannies here) because they are believed to have a strong work ethic.  Perhaps that is ingrained in the nannies there as well.  Not a bad thing when so many nannies on this forum seem to object to relatively petty chores like emptying the dishwasher. [/quote]

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