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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is good for your kids when I'm at work is still good for them when you're at home. What is bad for them when I'm at work is still bad when you're at home. Now is it your right to relax the rules when you're home. Sure it is. But you should be honest with yourself that it is because you don't have the energy to be on 100% of the time, and you should be able to understand that neither does your nanny. [/quote]
...especially for 8, 10 and 12 hour-a-day nannies. Thank you.[/quote]

I think it depends on the nanny and what their life outside of work is like.  If you are a nanny who works 12 hour days and then goes home to your own family to make dinner, clean up, get children ready for bed etc then this is 100% true.  If you are like my children's nanny, you work 8 hours then go home to a quiet evening by yourself or go out to dinner with your friends.  She spends the weekends sleeping in and relaxing.  I come home after working a full day, make dinner while simultaneously feeding the baby while my 2 and 3 year old ask for 10 different things.  Yes, the nanny has to do that exact same thing [i]during the day[/i] but goes home to a quiet relaxing evening (these are her words by the way, not mine) when she can recharge.  The only time I have to myself is the 20 minutes I spend in the car and when I'm in the bathroom and the second is not always the case.  To be clear, I'm not complaining about my life, I chose to have 3 children close in age and I would do it again 1000 times BUT I don't think it's holding myself to a different standard to say I don't want the nanny to have the children watching tv routinely because she has every evening to relax and recharge even though I might turn the tv on because after a busy day at work and coming home to all 3 children crying I might lose my mind if I don't get 5 minutes of piece and quiet. With that said, I rarely do that.  Since I do work all day I try to enjoy the time I have with the children AND if the nanny was having a particularly bad day or wasn't feeling well I also would have no problem if she turned the tv on for a bit either.

Thankfully I have a nanny who understands this and repeatedly tells me she knows how hard it must be for me.[/quote]
Unusual that you don't have a full time office job outside the home, but better for your children.[/quote]

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