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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does expecting a nanny to actually earn her pay and add value make the employer a nagging bitch?  Guess what, ladies:  Your employer is entitled to know how you spend your time on the job, including your time while the kids nap or amuse themselves.  If you are studying on the job or otherwise not adding value during naptimes, your employers will either become quietly resentful or start fishing around for details about what you're doing with all that time, thereby making you feel micromanaged and nagged.  The good nannies don't feel nagged by their employers, because they have EARNED their freedom from micromanagement by demonstrating and/or documenting their naptime productivity for the benefit of the family.

This is no different form any other job.  If I finish with my core duties at work, I am expected to look for more work or find other ways to create value for my employer.  If I ever told my boss that I am entitled to do homework or cruise the internet while waiting for my core workload to pick up--and that he should pay me to do that simply because I am on site and available to resume my core duties when needed--I'd probably find myself out of a job.  [/quote]

Fine example of a "parent" who most likely regards a child as an "asset" in a portfolio, rather than a human being. Just look at how she regards the person providing the care for the child she birthed.

[b]You may ask how I like to spend my time during nap, but you DON'T choose how I spend that time. 
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I complete my commitments, and then some.

If you're smart, you say "thank you". If you're not, your days are numbered.

Thank goodness, most parents appreciate the hard work and dedication of most nannies. Likewise, most nannies appreciate the hard work that goes into being a real parent, day in and day out. Did someone say, "parenting is not for whimps"?

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Um, actually I do choose how my nanny spends her time while my children nap, because I define the job that I hired her to do.  We've worked together to identify tasks that I want done and she does not mind doing.  If she had your attitude, she wouldn't be a good fit for my family, she wouldn't be worthy of serving as my child's teacher and role model, and she certainly wouldn't be worthy of the professional wages I pay her.

I've found that GOOD nannies do in fact appreciate the hard work that goes into being a "real parent," as you say, and that is why they are generally very willing to support the household in a multitude of ways during naptime, so the parents can spend more after work time parenting and less time running the home and managing the non-interactive aspects of childcare.  I and most of the other parents I know insist on this level of performance from our nannies, precisely because we do value our children as individuals and want to maximize our quality time with them when we are not at work.

Also, the nannies who feel entitled to sit around during naptimes typically find themselves looking for jobs all the time.  I know a great many parents who quietly let such nannies go after a year, either because they didn't feel they were getting enough value relative to day care or relative to the nanny's wage expectations, or because one of the parents decided to scale back at work, in part because the mediocre nanny just didn't do enough to help the family juggle two demanding jobs, kids, and a home.
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