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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do employers handle their nannies down time? So, in my nanny share, for example, if the nanny has several hours a day when both boys (6 months each) are sleeping, is it appropriate for me to ask her to do things related to the boys? Like work on new toys, i.e. activity boards etc? She is taking classes at night and currently does homework.[/quote]

If you hired a nanny, you would not need to "handle" much of anything.

Professionals know how to "handle" themselves. 
Does someone need to "handle" you at your job?

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PP...I'm a nanny, and I find your overall position sounds crazy.

In my former life I worked as a public school teacher. We all had our degrees and qualifications and varying amounts of experience, but some teachers absolutely did need more "handling" from the administration than others. Those who couldn't handle behavioral problems were given extra training and/or classroom aides. Those who weren't getting grades entered on time were called in for meetings, reprimanded, and given some tools for organizing themselves better next semester. Those who didn't meet district targets had different PD than others that was specifically geared toward bringing up their students' test grades.

Just because someone is trained and qualified to do a job does not mean that they're done learning, improving, and growing their skills, so to suggest that a nanny who isn't 100% perfect simply IS NOT A NANNY is insane. [/quote]

I think you are confused. OP wasn't talking about ways to enrich her children's experience or her nanny's qualifications, she wanted to know what kind of tasks she should come up with to fill her nanny's "down time". She should have said micromanaged...[/quote]

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