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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a nanny, and one who has taken my charges all over.  Today I am working and plan to take them to music class, home for nap, then a play area, walk to a carousel, home for afternoon nap, and then a walk to the park after dinner.  I would be fine texting MB about any of those, and here's why:  one of my big fears as a nanny of very small kids is that something happen to me.  We had a family friend who had a sudden brain aneurysm at a young age, and I've often thought about what would happen if I were caring for children and something like that happened.  One safety balve IMO is that I text my boss before leaving and on arrival, so that if she doesn't hear from me, she knows to call and if I don't answer a few times in a row, she knows that something is wrong.  I think it's reasonable to approach your nanny with this request, but you should definitely do it in a way that reflects that this is not about her judgement, but about an extra safety precaution.[/quote]

Carrying a specific card saying who your charges are (with their parents phone numbers) or getting ID bracelets for your charges is a better, more efficient way to handle your sudden incapacitation than the parent knowing where the child is.  How would the parent knowing that you are at Starbucks help the police identify your young charges?  [/quote]

We walk everywhere through a sleepy residential neighborhood.  My having identification on hand (which I do) depends upon a stranger passing by and noticing something is wrong--not likely in our case.  If I swing by and run an errand in a different direction than out main outing, knowing our actual route allows MB to call a neighbor and ask them to drive by and look for us.  Has never happened, but that is our plan and we both feel better knowing there is a plan in place.[/quote]

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