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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Mothers can win on this board. They get shredded for having the temerity to work outside the home. They get shredded for having the temerity to work inside the home.

OP, it's none of your business WHY she wants to work at home, nor is that a question strangers can answer.

If you want an actual answer - ask her.

If you want to address the problems her being home is causing, talk to her.

If you just want to complain and judge then you've found your home, and kindred spirits clearly.[/quote]

+1.

It's very strange that OP is so obsessed with why her MB works at home. It doesn't matter why and it isn't any of OP's business. Point is she does work at home, one day, every other week. OP has already said that she is out of the house for five hours a day, so really, her problem is pretty minor. Three hours every other week to have an MB home is pretty easy.

That said, OP feels very put out. Fine. So she should talk to her MB about ways to make her days at home easier for OP (I don't believe for a second the charge is damaged by having the mother work home so infrequently).

If she doesn't want to do that, OP should quit.

It's a really easy problem to solve if OP focuses on the issue and not the ridiculous question of why.[/quote]

[b]Yes, the help should never question the motives of any boss.  Ever.  A nanny should know her place at all times including on a nanny message board.[/b]  [/quote]

Sadly, that is the way a lot of the MBs feel.  Not only to do exactly as they say but to also never judge or question (even in your own head) what they say.

I have said it before and I'll say it again - nannies never quit a job because of the children.  It is always because of the parents.  [/quote]

Wow you haven't met many children I guess...

I have been a nanny for a a long long time and I would totally continue on with my current charges even if my current MB was one of my worst ones from the past. You spend 99% of your time with the kids, I can handle a bad MB, but there are soooooo many kids I am glad I am not longer working with. I have quit because of the kids many times (not at a drop of the hat or anything, but quit in the sense that I was unhappy and started looking for a new family and quit when I found something.)[/quote]

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