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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So it's just fine for a MB to get pregnant while working and cause her employer all sorts of trouble because maybe someone else in her office can carry MB's workload for up to a year. But since a nanny works solo, she needs to never get pregnant because it will make her MB's life difficult.

Good God. [/quote]

Correct. No one is telling nannies not to get pregnant, were telling them not to be nannies.[/quote]

Are we also telling women not to be doctors, lawyers, executives, or entrepreneurs because they might gestate and cause their employers to be inconvenienced?

Perhaps all women who are capable of gestating should simply not work?[/quote]

I'm a physician and I was fired because I was pregnant. It doesn't just happen to nannies. It's completely unfair that women who want to have children have a significant disadvantage in the workplace. But it is what it is. Doesn't make it right but my DC was 1000% worth losing my job over. [/quote]

And you would advocate doing the same to another woman, rather than breaking that cycle with, say, unpaid maternity leave but the guarantee of a job? Costing you little but treating her better than you were treated?

Or no, we should all just default to the lowest common denominator because "it is what it is."[/quote]

Once again emotions trump logic. Just because your nanny gets pregnant doesn't mean you stop needing childcare, so you want to give her leave and let her come back to her job when she is ready... well who fills in in the meantime? Screw another nanny into a short term job? Plus is it that easy to find a replacement you can trust? This isn't data entry, this is care of your child. If you are going to plan to get pregnant you should not become a nanny, simple as that.[/quote]

Any agency worth their salt will have a selection of nannies available for temporary positions. I said it wouldn't cost much, meaning not much more than you'd have paid her to work that time anyway - you'll just be paying it to your temp nanny. Or a grandparent, aunt, or cousin perhaps. Anyway I think you're a troll. I told DH what you said and he was shocked and appalled - said it was an unbelievably aggressive stance to take and I agree. Women work all kinds of jobs and women in all kinds of jobs decide to have children and that is something we should support between each other as best we can. Nowhere did I suggest every nanny employer should offer a year (or even any) paid maternity leave, but finding three to four month's worth of care is not difficult if you're willing to cough up fees to an agency.[/quote]

You are free to put the needs of other people.above tbe needs of your children. However don't assume it is.a value we all should uphold.

You also need to try to better understand labor laws and how they apply to such positions as nannies.[/quote]

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