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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am an MB, and I completely disagree that a professional nanny does not take kids on personal errands.

My very awesome nanny has, with my encouragement, taken my children all kinds of boring places, like to get her oil changed, to get her shoes, to make a deposit at her bank, to mail a package at the post office, and to pay a bill. What a professional nanny does is turn it into a learning experience for the child. Explain how things work, what appropriate behavior is, and why we need to do boring things to keep our lives running smoothly. Allowing my nanny to do these things pays off for me. I have another adult reinforcing proper public behavior even during boring errands. My kids do not see my nanny as the fun-all-the-time one and me as the boring, responsible one. Most importantly, they learn about day-to-day stuff that I am not teaching them because I am running those errands for myself at lunch time so I can have fun with them in the evenings and on weekends.[/quote]

Couldn't have said it better. I am blown away by both nannies and MB's who are horrified with errands during the work day. My twin charges and I tool around the city all day sometimes, just to be out and about, seeing new places (even ones as exciting as Wallgreen's) and interacting with new people. My boss gives me Starbucks cards or leaves me money to grab some items from Target, never once have I felt the slightest bit uncomfortable picking up a personal item...and would be looking for a new job if I did.[/quote]

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