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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Go spend some time working in the child services world.  You will be astonished at the dominance of parents in a child's life.  No matter how awful the abuse a child wants a parent.

Which is not at all what's being discussed here, or in 99% of nannying circumstances, but decent parents trump the worlds best nanny in a childs' view.  Maybe not in the middle of a three year old tantrum - sure, but when a child wants comfort and permanence they look to a parent.

Sorry.  Have your own kids if that's what you're looking for.  If you're a sane, loving caregiver then I will welcome you into my family and be thrilled you love my child.  But you are still being paid to do a job.  Period.[/quote]

20.59 here.  I was talking about a child seeking comfort, not rejecting parental authority.  It doesn't help me at all when a child wants me instead of a parent when they are hurt or scared, but that's the reality when I spend more hours with the toddler than the parent does.  It's lovely when I don't have to assure the parents that the child loves them, but I deal with the reality that the child is used to coming to me for everything.[/quote]

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