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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here...NOOO...I don't care for the mb's comment..I should not have to delouse the children. Those are the same parents that take time off for well doctors visit and every little crap their children do in school..Bottom line is my mb like most of those out there have a cleaner and did not want the humongous undertaking of cleaning up and  treating her children's hair..At least someone could have shown up at 4.
I personally don't see why mb's should think that because we are nannies every thing goes..I'm sick of this..especially when I don't get paid for my sick days when I get sick from their household....In this case I think I should be given the option of whether I want to lose a day's pay or not...You mb's can't have it your way all the same time...
I WOULD HAVE RATHER STAY HOME AND LET THEM KEEP THE MONEY...since you mb's think we get such a great paycheck

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Sorry, as a nanny, I disagree with you on this one. Yes, they should have done more for their kids than what they did, but this is why parents hire nannies. I would never think of telling a parent they need to come home because the kid got lice. When I found it in one of the kids I took care of, I did all the heavy lifting. Partly because I knew it would be done right if I did it and partly because it is my job to take care of the children and things that go with the children.

[b] I don't understand nannies who think they shouldn't have to go in to work just because little Johnny or Suzie gets the sniffles.[/b]

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Stop it. That is not what this is about and you know it. You're trying to start a flame war, troll. [/quote]

Sorry, not a troll. Just a nanny who thinks there are too many nannies out there who do not understand what it means to be a nanny. [/quote]

Well we aren't talking about sniffles, so start your own thread. Lice would be akin to a highly contagious labor intensive illness, which the general consensus has always been that at that point a parent ought to step in, or at the very least, nanny should be given the opportunity to decide if it is a risk she isn't willing to take for her family. I have a husband, whose income we rely upon, and a child who I'd rather not get sick. If your kid has the sniffles, no problem. If your kid has strep, I would like forewarning so I can either tell you I won't be in, or so I can send my kid to grandma's. If as a parent you would give warning to a play date and their parents, you need to let your nanny know too. We have families and lives as well. Even when my charge has the sniffles, I usually have it by the weekend, and spend my off time recovering/miserable, despite my own plans. [/quote]

Lice is not highly contagious. If people took the time to really educate themselves about lice and what measures need to be taken after it has been found, maybe people would stop treating it like some horrible, nasty disease.  
  I have never taken a day off of work as a nanny because a child was sick or, heaven forbid, had lice. In 20 plus years, I have gotten strep once, lice once, and a couple of colds here and there that were directly from the children I took care of. I don't get why nannies think they should get a pass from taking care of sick children, that is why you were hired. To be there when the parents can't be. [/quote]

If you're actually paying for a stand in parent, by all means, ask what you will of her. If you're paying the rates commonly quoted here as acceptable, $12/hour in a current thread!!!, you have no right to expect me to deal with lice, or any other contagious nasty illnesses. Never in my life have I had lice, or any of my four siblings. I have no desire to deal with it now, or give it to my kid, thank you. [/quote]

Do you really think if a kid comes home with lice that it is the first day of your exposure to it? You have less chance of getting it after you know the kid has lice, because you can take precautions and know what to be on the lookout for.  [/quote]

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