I quit when a child threatened to throw himself or his sister out of the moving van on the highway. I got the kids home safely (asap), called the parent to let him know that he needed to return immediately, and informed him that I was quitting on the spot due to the major safety issue. Of course, the child lied and said he hadn't done it, and the sister was too scared of him to say either yes or no. I did report the incident to CPS, that way they would check on the sister and have a record of prior threats in case he actually followed through for someone else.

I quit when a child threatened to call the police and tell them that I like to hurt kids. She was furious because she wasn't allowed to have candy; I don't negotiate on parents' decisions. Because she was old enough to follow through, I gave the parents two weeks' notice.

Sounds like both nanny pps dodged a bullet by being fired.

Why are there SO many kids like this these days?? Just violent and angry.


I did have a similar experience with a child lying about me. In my case, it was a 3 year old who, for some random reason, gave his parents the impression that I'd been driving the kids around with two of my friends in my car. The kid claimed that so-and-so [two random names] are two people who "live in" my car. NO IDEA where ANY of this information came from. Parents confronted me and asked me who these two random names were.

Nannying is a tough job.

Sort of. I worked with a family with toddler twins and a special needs 6 year old... I had been told in the interview that I'd rarely be responsible for the 6 year old; he was in school and had a private tutor/nanny after school. I'd only been with them 3 weeks when the private tutor/ nanny said she needed to drop from 5 days a week to 2 days a week with them. I spent a few afternoons with all 3 but it was really hard; the 6 year old was violent, unpredictable, and unsafe for the toddlers to be around and I really wasn't well equipped to handle him honestly, let alone all 3 of them. I also couldn't leave the house with all 3 kids. I told MB I didn't feel comfortable watching all 3 kids for more than an hour at a time, so MB asked the grandparents to help with the 6 year old on days when his nanny wasn't available.

The second day the grandparents were in charge of him, they arrived at the house and took the 6 year old to his room to play. I was getting ready to take the twins on an outing, packing snacks, etc. Then the 6 year old ran out the front door--grandma forgot to lock it on her way in. We all knew the 6 year old was unpredictable and the parents and I were always very careful about locking the door, and the grandparents were well aware of this, too. The 6 year old was lost for 3 hours, police were called, etc. He was found safe in a neighbors yard that afternoon. MB let me go that day with no notice. She said she didn't feel safe with me in charge of her kids. I found that very infuriating, since I'd been told from the beginning I'd rarely be watching all 3 kids, and I'd been told very specifically that the grandparents were responsible for the 6 year old that day, plus grandma admitted she had been the one who left the door unlocked; none of that was my fault. But I guess she couldn't fire grandma, so MB fired me.

After this little sociopath kills someone, maybe his idiot mother will wake up. Maybe not if he kills her.

I'm sorry, OP. Hopefully you will find a much better job right away.

I quit a job once when a child acted that way. It wasn't worth the risk imo. You don't know what that kid is capable of in terms of actually killing someone. A threat like that should have been taken seriously I would have wanted to call 911 after hearing an 8 year old say that.

I was fired yesterday because apparently one of the children (age 8) told his mom that I threatened to call the cops on him. I would never say that to a child. He has very bad behavioral issues. He was having a huge melt down in the car and was threatening to kill everyone and push his siblings out of the car. He told me he would rather go to jail or be dead than be there. I simply ignored him and we talked about it afterwards. I explained to MB what happened, even told her to ask the other children, but she still let me go. Just a rant here. Anyone go through something similar?