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[quote=Anonymous]I see both sides of this but everyone seems very focused on how this adds work for the nanny.  However, presumably she's also currently feeding the kids dinner and cleaning up after them, and now her MB and DB want to come home and do that with the kids the two days she cooks more instead.  So it sounds like this adds work in one way but reduces her workload on the other end. Also OP doesn't say how old the kids are but if it's the case that they used to need a lot of supervision in the afternoons and no longer do, either because they are old enough to come home and play together or do homework or whatever, the nanny's workload is presumably further reduced and her MB is offering her alternative ways to fill that time (because otherwise, as some have pointed out, the NF won't need her services as they are any longer).  And if none of those are the case, and assuming the MB wasn't asking for additional hours (which I think everyone agrees would absolutely require additional pay), I guess I am surprised the nanny asked for more money instead of pointing out how workload wise that wasn't really feasible.  The asking for more money part suggests she has time and ability to do this.

As I said, I see both sides of this and ultimately the reasonableness of the MB's request and the nanny's response depend on facts not provided here, but I think the focus on the added workload may be misplaced.  Moreover, it doesn't sound like anyone behaved badly here.  MB made a reasonable request (she wasn't asking the nanny to clean the bathrooms - she was asking her to do more of what she already does), nanny gave her response, MB made other arrangements.  What is the problem?  As kids get older by definition the nanny job changes - and by definition nanny jobs are not forever.  Every family reaches a point where it no longer makes sense to pay a (full-time) nanny and will seek to either change the nanny's duties or make other arrangements.  Some nannies are delighted to take on additional duties in exchange for a longer term position and others prefer to stick with kids in a certain age group and then move on and both responses are perfectly reasonable and acceptable.  I guess I just don't see the problem here.[/quote]

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