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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another MB here. What was the other child doing while the nanny was reading?  You may want to ask the nanny to stay in the area where the kids are in case they need assistance rather than go to the den.  I would not have the nanny organizing a closet or cleaning a frig during the children's homework time. If you have some filing or shredding, that would be a good task that she could do in between helping the kids.  If she has finished the dinner, the dishes and laundry are done and the kids are working independently, I would let her read in the room the kids were in. This young woman sounds like someone I would want to keep to use for sitting and possible weekends away with DH in the future.  Don't take her for granted. [/quote]

This is a 7th grader we're talking about. I don't know many 7th graders who want or need a nanny to stick around in the room while homework is being completed (granted there are some who do, but it doesn't sound like OP's child is one of them). A child that age is perfectly capable of getting up to get help or calling for help when needed. Personally I would rather read on a comfy couch or chair in a den rather than a dining chair or kitchen stool. 
I've always used homework time to get other tasks completed (packing lunches for the next day, prepping dinner, folding laundry, etc...). As long as the nanny is accessible to the children (one of whom is a 7th grader) I don't see why she couldn't be working on other household tasks.

OP: Organizing your office is your responsibility unless the nanny or children use that area on a regular basis or part of your nanny's pay includes responsibilities as a personal assistant. Organizing the fridge is not unreasonable (it's something I typically do every week before or when the Pea Pod order arrives even though it's not listed as one of my responsibilities), but I think you'll need to be specific about that task if it's something you'd like her to do. Light housekeeping is different for every family/nanny. Maybe you could make a list of tasks you consider light housekeeping that can be done during downtime that you could present her with to see which ones she is willing to do. Keep in mind your idea of light housekeeping may differ from hers so it may take some compromise. In the meantime don't fire the poor girl for sitting down to read for a bit AFTER she had completed the tasks she needed to do while your child(ren) worked on homework independently.

Good grief, you'd be shocked at how much downtime I have at my job, but there truly isn't anything else MB wants me to take on. Seriously, she nearly admonished me for washing 5 or 6 breakfast dishes the other morning on a morning when she handled breakfast and school drop-off (I arrived after she had taken the kids to school on this particular day, and she planned to do them upon returning from drop-off b/c she didn't want the kids to be late).  So I read, work on the computer, etc... I've almost given up offering to take on other things of b/c she very rarely takes me up on the offer if it doesn't directly relate to the kids. [/quote]

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