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She is not being a robot, she is an employee who takes her job seriously and knows that her own preferences and wants do not trump those of the family she works for. It's amazing to see how affronted people become at a simple request like "don't eat like crap in front of my kids".  This is a job that requires you to be an example the entire time you are on, why should health and diet be an exemption? OP, if you really need to eat a bag of cheetos or some oreos each day, wait until you get home. This is not an attack on your personal liberties, simply a term of employment request (which should be able to evolve with a family's/nanny's needs).[/quote]

There is no job in the world that remains the same as it was the day they hired you, unless you're represented by a union that dictates every move you and the employer can make. As issues arise (for the nanny or the family), they need to be addressed and dealt with. Jobs evolve. Everyone has had a moment in a job where they had to decide whether to go with the new requirements or leave. Being jobless puts a lot of things in perspective ...

And so many of you talk about how nannies need to be seen as professionals in child-development. Well, every single parenting book out there tells you that if you want kids who make healthy food choices, they need to live those choices and see their parents live them. They eat with the nanny every single day -- her job is, in part, to model what it means to make good choices. Should the family have had to tell the nanny the day she was hired that she can't use foul language around the children? Play on her phone all day long? Take them to church with her? Or, should those issues arise, shoudln't the family address them at that point?[/quote]

+1 with a caveat.

I'm a nanny, and I agree with everything that's been said about setting a good example and so on, but I do still feel that if this wasn't specified before hiring (because it isn't reasonable to assume anyone's dietary preferences will mesh with yours, and LOADS of kids eat things like chips and cookies) then the MB should be providing food for the nanny's lunch.

She is asking her nanny to make a major dietary change, not to eat out of a separate packaging (kosher) or to leave out one ingredient (peanuts for an allergic child), and that's too much to spring on her without taking her share of the responsibility in the situation. MB wasn't clear upon hiring what her requirements were - that's okay, lots of things come up that you don't think of ahead of time - but now, because she failed to clarify this early on, she should be footing the bill for these healthy lunches. [/quote]

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