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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] It's also healthy for a child to realize that they are not the center of the universe. That the people who care for them also have needs and desires of their own. As well as learning how to behave and interact in more adult social situations. The world is not kid-focused and they will need to learn to live in it. Stopping for coffee on the way to/from a kid activity is not screwing what's best for my charges. [/quote]

[b]When your child knows how to behave in the store, sit in the cart, wait in line, not get candy at the register, you can thank your nanny for exposing your child to the real world.  [/b]

To save time, I know somone will say that strip clubs are the real world and they wouldn't want their kid there.  My response, your a nitwit.[/quote]

My nanny does not need to spend time teaching our children these behaviors since we parents teach them ourselves.  That said, I do not have a problem with her picking up a few things for herself if I have sent her to the store or elsewhere on an errand. 
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Not all parents do this, is the point, and while I see what the dissenting MBs are saying here I guess I wonder why it needs to be so black and white. Kids like novel experiences, and if it's a 5-10 minute trip into the store, they're probably benefitting just from seeing a new place, the interactions they'll have with other shoppers or staff (seriously, when do you ever take a kid into a store and not have at least one person stop to coo at them?), and I suppose if they're a little older it is good practice for waiting in line, helping to count money to pay, and so on. Or, it could simply be a perk for the nanny to get something done while the baby snoozes in the stroller or gnaws on a teething ring, or while the toddler fishes cheerios out of his cup to eat. When I take my charge to the grocery store to buy my lunch he is thrilled (I name all the foods, we talk about hot and cold, etc.) but when I take him into a retail store he is squirming after 20 seconds. Starbucks is also a big hit with him, but the bookstore is not. So some of my errands are benefitting him, even just by nature of the stimulation he gets, while others are not.

Surely we can all agree that depending on the kids, the parents, the nanny, the store, the frequency, the duration of the trip(s), they could be painted either as pros or cons, it doesn't have to be a lot of rationalizing on one end or a lot of defensiveness on the other, just an acknowledgement that it's different for different people in different situations.[/quote]

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