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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would give our sitter the Netflix password if she wanted to watch while baby was sleeping, I also wouldnt care if she napped when he did. I also do not ask our sitter to tell me when she leaves and comes back, this sounds very mirco managing.

Having said that, being late would be enough for me to get rid of someone, and leaving the house a complete mess when I got home. [/quote]

I want to work for you!
You sound like that rare employer who knows instinctively that by treating your Nanny well, your child will be in the best hands possible. ;)

Happy Nanny = Happy Child.
Period.
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Actually no, it isn't.  A happy child is.  If the process of making him happy makes the nanny unhappy, well, that's her problem.  I mean who in their right mind would choose baby laundry and sanitizing toys to sitting on the couch? And yet the laundry/clean toys would make the baby much happier. [/quote]

You’re conflating chores with happiness.  Babies don’t care if they’re in clean laundry or wearing something that’s stained.  They don’t know about germs, much less care about them.

And no, your child’s happiness is not my goal.  Love, boundaries, education and manners are my goal.  A child whose parents want to use happiness as the goal do not challenge the children, set boundaries or teach manners.  Children need to experience adversity and unhappiness to learn how to self-soothe, how to overcome failure.[/quote]

What? If I am coming home to a messy house AND an unhappy child who is "learning to self-soothe and experience unhappiness", and it's not rare occurrence that you're trying to remedy, you're pretty much going to get fired. [/quote]

Criminetly!

No, I never said the child should be unhappy all time.  Nor am I saying that the nanny should do nothing.  My point is simply that requiring a nanny to keep a child happy all the time is not in the child’s best interest.  And that the child’s happiness has nothing to do with chores being completed.

I completely agree that child-related tasks should be done.  BUT!!!  Don’t try to use logic that doesn’t work.[/quote]

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