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[quote=Anonymous]This thread honestly makes me feel so grateful for the family I work with, who have treated me with respect and compassion. I am 25years old (probably on the young side for nannies in DC). I am taking a break from teaching while I work on my masters degree and so I decided to nanny while I go to school in the evenings. My family and I have a contract. When I first began working there, we had a nanny-cam. This was their first baby and I could tell they were nervous about trusting a stranger in their home and with their little one :-) I totally respected that. After about two-three months they sat me down and said, "we trust you, we are taking out the camera." I could tell right away that they only had the camera because they were nervous and didn't trust themselves to make the right hiring choice--not because they didn't respect me as a professional.

I say all this to let you all know that if I ever felt like a family didn't "trust" me to do my job because I have access to internet... I would quit. I am an adult. I have had internet access since I was thirteen years old. I know how and when to use the internet responsibly. If you believe that your nanny does not, than you probably should not trust her to lovingly and engagingly spend time with your child. Either you are not mature enough to employ another person or you have hired an irresponsible nanny. When I came in for my first day of work they willingly gave me the wifi and said, "here, so you can browse or do homework or whatever when the baby naps." They have asked me not to make phone calls or have the phone out too much around the baby and of course I respect that! I treat her the same way I would treat my own child!

Now that she is almost 2, she plays very independently for 5-10min spurts. When she's not paying attention to me, I send emails with pictures and videos or notes about our day to her family. I at nap time I google new projects for us to do because I would honestly go crazy if we did the same finger painting activity every day (suprise! I'm an adult! I go stir crazy doing what the baby wants all the time!). We facetime her grandparents at least twice a week, we listen to music. When she is very interested in an animal in a book, I will pull up a video for her to see what that animal really looks/sounds like. All of these things would eat up my data, and considering I am paying off both undergrad and masters student loans... yeah. I would not be able to do those things without the wifi. As a grown adult who has years of experience with children, I am perfectly capable of keeping an eye on her while she colors and sending an email to her parents at the same time.

All I can say, is if you want to hire a nanny who truly loves children, is a professional, is attentive and creative and thoughtful with your child/children.... you better be ready to treat them with respect. Yeah, there are lazy, selfish nannies out there (I have certainly seen them at baby classes and gymboree and storytime). Those nannies are lazy and bored because they aren't treated or paid like professionals and therefore do not feel required to behave like professionals. IMPO, situations are way worse at daycare where workers are getting paid minimum wage to just be a body in a room. If you aren't able to hire a professional and loving nanny, don't hire a nanny. Save yourself the anxiety.[/quote]

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