Anonymous wrote:Good heavens. My nanny is always taking pictures and video of her w/ my kids. They all love it.

I have zero concern about her doing anything inappropriate about the images and it never occurred to me that I would need to give permission or restrict this in any way. Never.

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MB here. Our nanny takes photos of herself and my DD all the time. She sends them to us. She also posts them to FB, knowing very well that we see them. She refers to DD by her nickname and doesn't post any other identifying information.

Her time with us is, apparently, important to her, and she likes to post photos of her and DD doing fun things. I think it's adorable and love that she wants to share her time with DD as a good thing.

I'm grateful that our nanny values our DD and loves her so much.

I take lots of pictures of me with my charges and keep them for my personal use only. Meaning they stay in my picture section on my phone. I do not post them online, but I do show my friends how cute my charges are and I also forward the pics to their parents as well.

Anonymous wrote:Just ask for a written permission. Any normal parent will agree to sign it.

What for? Never heard of that.

I take pictures and videos of my charges often. It's never been an issue.

I take pictures of the kids all the time, with and without me. I don't send them to anyone but my MB/DB (and once in a while grandma) so I don't really see the problem either? Why would this be a grey area?

I am a nanny who takes pictures if my charges ALL THE TIME. Mb knows I take pictures and encourages me to take them when we're out and about (museums, zoo, etc). She probably doesn't know I've taken so many (my phone photos are mostly comprised if my charges) but I'm sure she wouldn't care.

I've never posted any online, but I know she does.

Anonymous wrote:I don't get it. As long as you aren't posting them online, why would this be a problem? My nanny sends me an email every week with photos of their adventures during the week and cute annotations. It goes out to the grandparents too, and has won the nanny quite a fan club.

what type of annotations and pics?

Good heavens. My nanny is always taking pictures and video of her w/ my kids. They all love it.

I have zero concern about her doing anything inappropriate about the images and it never occurred to me that I would need to give permission or restrict this in any way. Never.

Just ask for a written permission. Any normal parent will agree to sign it.

I don't get it. As long as you aren't posting them online, why would this be a problem? My nanny sends me an email every week with photos of their adventures during the week and cute annotations. It goes out to the grandparents too, and has won the nanny quite a fan club.

Is this yay or nay? I don't send email or post them to DB/MB unless they ask for the photos. Sometimes the kids do an adorable photo or we're doing something fun and I want to capture the moment. It's kind of a gray area with my bosses, what about yours? Thoughts?