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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't call.  Text her and then turn off your phone.  If you let her get away with this, her abide will only get worse.  Also, playdates on never for more than an hour.  Do not let her get away with this,![/quote]

Play dates with a charge's friend when the kids are in elementary school may be 2-3 hours, and they are drop off.

However, OP already stated that the friends children are of age she doesn't particularly like, so this isn't a play date, in any way at all.[/quote]

My charges are 8 months, 2.5 and 3.5-years old.

Her friends children are 7&9.

I don’t see how a first and 4th graded will enjoy a play date with three small children. They’ll apparently be here from 10am to 4/5pm because their mother has an appointment.[/quote]

Of course, this whole arrangement is exploitative.  The only way it could possibly be appropriate would be if both the moms were present and you were helping with child care for all the kids while the friends' mom was in charge of her two.  The age mix and the length mean this is not a play date.  By the way, kudos to you for handling three kids, 3.5 and under.  Not easy to begin with.

HOWEVER, sometimes I think a few nannies on this forum(MBs too) get some sort of vicarious pleasure from telling other nannies to "take this job and shove it."  If it's your job, you do have to assess the foreseeable consequences.  Sure, you get a moment of "revenge" against your employer's out of line demand, but you forfeit any holiday bonus you may have coming and job security/continuity.  Only you can determine if it's worth it in the moment, or if you might be better off finding your next position before calling it quits. 
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