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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]15:16 here. I just reread your post and I see that your daughter only in school for 4 hours per week. You've added an awful lot of tasks to her days for only 4 extra hours. Sit down with her and discuss what she is willing to take on. Maybe she'd be happier doing grocery shopping or fixing dinner on those days. Maybe she'd rather cut back her hours than take on housekeeping duties. It seems like you made these changes without a lot of thought or input from her, so you can't fault her for not loving your solution. [/quote]

+1.  When hired, our nanny agreed to do certain housekeeping-type tasks during downtime but she didn't follow through consistently.  I noticed that she would frequently bake or cook for us while the agreed-upon chores sat undone.  We brought that up at review time and she acknowledged that she hates feeling like a maid but finds cooking very relaxing and creative and would be happy to do more of it.  Now, instead of cooking random things based on whatever we had around, we plan recipes and lay in the ingredients for her to start or complete the adults' dinner quite often.  She's happy, we're eating real meals instead of whatever junk is quickly available at the end of the day, and the adjustment has definitely endeared the nanny to us in a whole new way.  To a large extent, being a good manager is about creating jobs around value-creating tasks that your employees like to do and can do well.[/quote]

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