Anonymous wrote:There are some pretty incompetent people calling themselves nannies.

...not to mention some incompetent parents also calling them nannies.

There are some pretty incompetent people calling themselves nannies.

That's good for the some stupid people hire fake nannies

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, I know a nanny who informed me that she smokes pot before going to work every day. Appalling. And both her MB and DB are doctors! I don't know how they've never noticed...

Not that I'm defending the pot-smoking nanny, but a lot of people who smoke pot habitually don't seem or behave oddly after smoking. I smoke (never before work!) a there's nothing I can do sober that I can't do high. Nanny should not be showing up to work anything other than sober, but it doesn't surprise me the parents don't notice.

Anonymous wrote:How old were her charges? You'd think if they were old enough they would tell their parents.. If they're under 3 then yes, that woman needs to be smacked for doing/saying that.

I didn't ask (I was pretty wide-eyed), but I think she said one of the girls was 6 or 7 now and that she didn't work for them anymore.

How old were her charges? You'd think if they were old enough they would tell their parents.. If they're under 3 then yes, that woman needs to be smacked for doing/saying that.

Ugh, I know a nanny who informed me that she smokes pot before going to work every day. Appalling. And both her MB and DB are doctors! I don't know how they've never noticed...

I agree. People just need to stopping everyone a nanny. A sitter isn't a nanny.

Anonymous wrote:The crazy thing is that some parent
who hired the girl actually thought she was a nanny.

I was so shocked that she would admit doing something like that- she said it as though it was normal and she thought I could relate. I don't worry for her future students because she would be fired quickly for pulling crap like that at a regular school. But I worry for the kids at the nannying jobs she'll get once she loses her teaching certificate for being a nutjob.

The crazy thing is that some parent
who hired the girl actually thought she was a nanny.

I'm a student and a nanny and the other day on campus I was chitchatting with another student who is a childhood education major.

I told her I'm a nanny and she lit up and said, "OH! I was a nanny for years! You get so close to the kids, don't you?" I agreed and said, "Yes, it's more than a job (blahblahblah small talk)." and she says:

"Yeah, I've been through so much with my kids...all kinds of crazy days like me hitting them and yelling at them! "

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WTF!?!?!?!?!?