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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree with the MB's statement above.
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It is morally wrong to tell your nanny not to do something when you yourself are doing it.
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So many parents tell their nannies to not do something all day, then when they come home they allow their children to do it.

It's like a slap in the face for us nannies.[/quote]

There is nothing morally wrong about parents holding a professional caregiver to a different standard than they hold themselves.  Most pediatricians recommend that if children around age 2 watch any tv at all, it be limited to about a half hour a day.  When parents are home they are off-duty.  They have to do all the same things that you have to do when you get home from work, plus a whole host of child-related tasks that go beyond custodial care.  They have also just completed a full day at the office, and in many cases, they will log on to the computer to complete a couple more hours of work after the kids go to bed.  Parents are allowed to take shortcuts to get all this done.

When you are in that same family's home, you are at work.  You are at work because you marketed yourself as someone having a certain level of expertise in childcare.  It is perfectly reasonable for the family to expect a professional caregiver to have enough skill to find healthier and more creative ways to occupy her charges while she cleans up after them during the day.

Bottom line--parents and nannies are not equally situated.  There is no moral failure in holding differently situated people to different standards.[/quote]

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