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[quote=Anonymous]The fact that parents are capable of cleaning up after the kids and doing various other child-related tasks without "keeling over and dying" (to quote the irate nanny above) does not necessarily mean that they should give these tasks the same level of attention that the nanny is required to give them.  The parents at issue here have clearly decided that these tasks do not represent the highest and best use of their time, so they have decided to outsource those tasks to the nanny.  Doing so allows them to have time to do fun things with the kids on weekends, cook and cleanup family meals, take care of their own needs, take care of housekeeping that is not child-related, perhaps catch up on work, maintain the yard, etc.  This is not only fine, it is smart.  If a nanny is rigid about only wanting to clean up toys taken out on her watch, or only emptying a diaper pail if it filled up during her work hours, or not finding a 2 am bottle in need of washing when she arrives at work in the morning, she needs to make it clear during the interview process that she expects the parents to handle the same scope of work that she handles, with the same level of care, during her off hours.  The onus of clarification is on the nanny in this case because this kind of arrangement is unusual and not consistent with what most parents expect from a full time nanny as opposed to a casual babysitter.

Now, whether or not a nanny should also serve as a general housekeeper/cleaning lady--in charge of cooking for the parents, cleaning bathrooms, making beds, and handling other tasks that have nothing to do with the kids--is a very different issue from what the OP is complaining about.  If parents want these services, the onus is on them to negotiate for that in the interview process and pay accordingly because this is not a scope of work taken on by most professional nannies in the U.S. [/quote]

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