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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Extra work requires extra pay. Simple![/quote]

How is this extra work?  Even if it takes 2 hours, presumably she was spending that time working in some other capacity, helping the kids with their homework, playing with them, doing laundry, etc.  Right?  So this is "instead of" work, not extra.  It's not like she is there additional time.  [/quote]

Extra work means that the nanny's time is taken away from her primary duty: the children.  It's reasonable to expect the nanny to prep veg for 15 minutes during snack, that way she can put it on the stove and only has to turn it on later to make soup.  It's not reasonable to have the nanny prepping veg when she should be playing with kids or helping with homework.  The objection is that the nanny was hired as a nanny, not a chef, not a housekeeper, not even a split job.

I'm ones of the PPs who makes meals from scratch.  I know exactly how much to make for my charges, I shop for my charges, and I prep when they are occupied.  I do NOT expect to take time away from my charges to do more for the parents, and if it were required, I would definitely renegotiate my contract.

Every meal I make takes a minimum of 15 minutes prep and 20 minutes cook time, and that's for kids.  I'm not going to make two batches, with one spiced more or veg that's firmer.  If I'm making enough for the kids to have leftovers later in the week, it's because there's  reason (in the schedule) that we need to do so, not so that the parents can have an easy night.  Besides, my charges eat organic food, heavy on veg, and most parents don't want to eat like they do :)[/quote]

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