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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anytime a parent assigns chores to their Nanny, then their child will be short-changed one way or another when it comes to their quality and level of care.

ALWAYS.[/quote]

I disagree strenuously.

I’ve always volunteered to do the kids’ clothes, because that way I can pull things that are stained, torn or outgrown as they are folded.  Once the kids are 2-3, they can start helping, first with sorting out their socks and folding washcloths, later building up to a 5yo capable of sorting, loading and starting the (front load) washing machine.  The older they get, the more the kids should do (if the nanny started teaching them young), so that by 1st-2nd grade, the nanny should only have to remind and supervise.

I get my charges in the kitchen, too.  By 2-3, they can cut banana and strawberries with toddler knives.  By 8, they can do everything except move full hot pans.

Whaaat??!  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Am I reading this all correctly??
You are basically stating that a five-year old can operate a washing machine & that by 2ND grade can do their own laundry.....??!
And that at eight years old, a child can master the fine art of preparing/cooking a meal??

So glad that you are not my Nanny.
You need to learn age-appropriate activities + chores for the children that you watch.
Because they see me doing things from a young age, they want to do them, too.  I only do child-related chores until the child is old enough to take on more, then I start a new chore about 3 times before they start helping, because observation is almost as important as the child trying for themself.[/quote][/quote]

I think the PPs kids must be very young.  My kids don't do their own laundry, but I know that several of their friends do and started in the 2nd grade.  [b]My 8 yo is not that interested in cooking things beyond scrambled eggs, but there's nothing she can't bake on her own.  In the last month she's done cinnamon rolls, biscuits, brownies, rolls, all from scratch.[/b]  The only assistance I offer is to take things out of the oven.  I don't even stay nearby anymore just in case she needs me, because she never does.  The nanny poster is right that kids can do a lot more than we give them credit for.    [/quote]

This is the cutest and sweetest thing that I have read in ages. Thank you, my head was pounding from stress related to thinking/recovering from dealing with 2 very lazy and unruly charges, but this made me smile.  :D [/quote]

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