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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reprimanding house hold employees for silly things is one way harried working moms can feel like they have some small control over their homes and children. It's hard psychologically to leave these things in someone else's hands fifty hours a week and one way for MBs to feel as if they are managing things is to give orders and sometimes find fault with seemingly trivial matters. [/quote]

I don't know about this, the MB I work for seems to love hearing about something new I did with the kids while she was at work or a new way I am doing things that makes X activity faster/better/easier. I don't think she has ever reprimanded me for anything. She has asked me to do certain things for specific events (i.e. guests coming into town or a dinner party at the house) but I have never been told "you are doing this wrong please do it this way."

My guess is if you are being reprimanded you deserved it for messing up.[/quote]You misinterpreted my point. And the point of this whole thread. There's one thing about being reprimanded for being late, missing work, refusing the smallest requests. I'm glad you do your job well. I do too. And I love my NF. My MB also tells me how much she appreciates me and makes sure I am very well compensated. But she also gets in a tizzy sometimes about little things like too much laundry being done (or not enough ;). And she's not the first and I've been blessed to work for wonderful families. But there's a psychology behind being a nanny that you'll understand when you've done it as long as I have.[/quote]

I've been doing it for 13 years. How much longer until my NFs start reprimanding me so I can understand it like you do?[/quote]If you're are trying to tell me that you've been a nanny for thirteen years and your employers have never had even the smallest problem with anything you do you're either 1)lying, 2)in denial or 3)trolling. Pick one.[/quote]

Raising children is not difficult. I can't think of any time I have ever been reprimanded as described in this thread. There have been times me and MB have worked together to figure out how we want to handle a new situation, but in my 13 years I have never had an MB come up to me or call me or email me and tell me I'm using too many wipes, or doing this or that wrong.[/quote]

Instead of patting yourself on the back and looking down your nose at other nannies  accusing them of lying and convincing yourself that you are the world's greatest nanny you should consider yourself fortunate to have worked for  a reasonable MB.[/quote]

I am fortunate, but I don't doubt for a second MB WOULD reprimand me if I deserved it. So I can only assume the nannies from all these posts did deserve it. You don't go up to an otherwise great nanny and say "Could you please use less paper towels? You are bankrupting us!" unless there have been a number of other things ticking you off along the way.[/quote]

If only that were true. 
I hope you continue to enjoy your tenure with your NF and never know what it's like to work for irrational, nitpicky boss.[/quote]

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