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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Quick post from phone details:

-Pt nanny of 7 yr old from 2:30-7 
-In grad school during the day 
-at first I had been letting him play with his own toys for 30 mins or so, we'd go outside together for 30, we may do art together for a bit.
One day mb "found out" that he was reading by himself in the living room for 15 mins and sent me a long text at some ungodly hour about why he shouldn't be doing activities alone.

Is it normal for parents to need their kids engaged every waking min?[b] I feel like at his age he should be able to do activities alone (supervised but without my involvement).[/b]

Wdyt?

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Why? So you can study?  [/quote]

A kid that is 4-5 years old should be able to play independently for at least 30 minutes on their own, much less a 7 yr old. One of my employers actually says that she IGNORES her children at times to promote independent play. The toddler was playing by herself at an early age. The mom will play with her at times, same with other people (I do play with her when I watch her), but she actually enjoys doing many things on her own and you know that she will not be that kid that is suddenly 10 yrs old and has to have the attention of any adult around making them play with them.

My mom never played with me as a child, I played with my sister, my friends, or by myself. We would hang out as a family and do stuff, but my mom and dad did not play barbies with me. I think that the role of the nanny is to help the child grow, give some attention with play, allow them to be creative with arts and crafts, and have conversations with them about anything from butterflies to what is sand made out of. I don't think that having someone who is a permanent daily playmate for your child is going to help your child grow and learn to be independent in any kind of way. They should have other friends their own ages for playmates. A nanny's job is not to play barbies and build things out of legos all day long, it is to encourage them to come up with their own storylines for barbie and her friends, to help them decide what they would like to build and with my help possibly, create that masterpiece. Let them come up with a song and dance routine with their sibling and put on a show (where I might have a minor part in it). Also with other things like tidying up, they don't want a nanny that just picks up after their 5 and 7 yr olds, but gets the kids involved in helping out and eventually having the kids learn to do it on their own. None of this means the nanny is sitting around doing nothing, but usually helping with other stuff while also supervising. Just like a mom usually does. The nanny probably plays more with the children than the parents actually do, but that is not the point of the position.[/quote]

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