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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These responses are kind of wild to me.  I don’t allow my kids TV when the nanny is watching them because I expect her to interact with them. My kids are older and they need a screen time break. I’m out of the house 12 hours a day (nanny works between 9 and 3 hours depending on school time), when I get home I need to relax myself in peace and the kids have tablet time. A nanny is totally welcome not to work for me over this, but I don’t know what I am paying her for if the kid is parked in front of the TV all day.  My husband works from home, he could probably just park the kids in front of the TV himself and ignore them all day and we could save a ton of money.

That said, my kids are not 3 or 4.  They will leave a nanny alone to do whatever she needs to do, like go to the bathroom or eat or mental health break.  She can give my kids an activity and they can do it. Still we had nannies who watched the kids at 3-4 and they didn’t park them in front of TVs. [/quote]

I find your answer problematic due to the fact that you stated that you expect your nanny to engage with your children.
That is a part of a nanny’s job - just not the only part.

Even at 3 and 4, it is unwise to expect your nanny will consistently play with your children the entire six hours (or 12?)
Even Nannie’s need a brief break during their shift.
Other jobs (yours included) mandate 15 min. work breaks in each employee shift so why can’t the nanny have something similar??
Note: When I say similar I fully acknowledge that an actual employee break is a true break….a nanny whose charges are watching tv is not even the same thing.
Or close to it.

I am sorry if your previous Nannie’s put your children in front of the tv all day.
That is not what the op is about.
The op is simply saying that some tv time should be warranted here, especially since the parents are using it when they are home. :)[/quote]

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