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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good lord who on earth needs a nanny for a middle schooler? I was babysitting as a middle schooler, not being baby sat!

Why do nannies feel so self entitled that parents aren’t allowed to change their care decisions? Kids grow up and need more social interaction - not just a nanny!

OP - you are fine!! Plenty of notice, more than most people get in a job![/quote]

I’m a nanny.  My day is 8+ hours during the school year, from preschool pick up until a parent gets home.  They can do any activity they want after school, as long as it doesn’t conflict with pick up or drop off for sibling’s activity that was scheduled previously.  One of my charges had at least one activity per day, the other two had an average of one activity every two days.  They aren’t limited by a parent’s work schedule or the schedule for aftercare.

And summers?  Anywhere from 10-13 hours per day.  My charges have gone to any museum that interested them, 5 different water parks, zillions of different parks, science lab, etc.  They’ve had play dates with school friends, neighbors and new friends we met at the park.  We’ve done crafts, science experiments, all three tiers of the library summer reading program in under a month, summer workbooks.  Oh, and they’ve also gone on vacation.  Total cost for having me all summer was less than camp for theee kids and before/aftercare.

Previously, I had a family with teens down to toddlers.  The parent was more concerned about oversight on the middle and high school kids, due to poor choices in friends.  The parent was also not capable of understanding most of the homework, let alone helping, while I can tutor core subjects and Spanish through high school level.  When you factor in travel sports with games three hours away...  Keeping a nanny until kids can drive themselves can be the best choice for some families.

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