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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've tried to post some reasonable responses as a parent on this thread and it's obvious to me that some of the nannies that are responding are just on a different wavelength. We'll just have to agree to disagree in this point.

If you want an employer that's ok with you doing homework while working, then just be open about it. I'll continue to search for (and pay for) nannies that don't insist that I'm greeting my kids like a "asset" if I simply expect them to be mostly focusing on their job duties while I'm paying them.

According to the poster above, if someone is paying someone else to do something and the employer expects the employee to be doing that something while being paid, then somehow that makes the employer resentful that they are paying the employee?  That makes no sense to me at all. [/quote]

As a nanny I am paid to care for children.

If child-related work is done (dishes, toys, laundry) during nap time, my JOB as defined by my contract is simply to ensure the safety and well-being of the child. It is a perk that I can read or talk on the phone while simultaneously performing my duties, but make no mistake, I am still "doing my job." If the fire alarm goes off or if the child wakes suddenly, I am immediately present to intervene. If I weren't actually "working" there'd be nothing to stop me from popping over to the coffee shop across the street for a change of scenery and a latte!

I don't understand where this confusion comes from. I am not a housekeeper (though there are "nanny/housekeeper" combos you can hire if that's what you want done during nap time), so I don't do housekeeping work. That doesn't mean I'm not doing my job/working while the kids are asleep.[/quote]

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