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Anonymous wrote:OP here and my children aren't being damaged. They have wonderful parents and are happy, confident and extremely well cared for. I'm just going to miss not seeing them everyday that's all.

If you were stable, competent and loving, they were VERY fortunate. I take it they aren't little anyone.

Starting kids in pre-K and not needing a FT nanny anymore isn't child abuse. Sheesh.

Anonymous wrote:OP here and my children aren't being damaged. They have wonderful parents and are happy, confident and extremely well cared for. I'm just going to miss not seeing them everyday that's all.

If you were stable, competent and loving, they were VERY fortunate. I take it they aren't little anyone.

OP here and my children aren't being damaged. They have wonderful parents and are happy, confident and extremely well cared for. I'm just going to miss not seeing them everyday that's all.

Anonymous wrote:This is exactly what I feel too; leaving a family even though sometimes I think the parent/s aren't nice. I bonded with the kids so well that leaving is so hard. I still miss/talk about the kids I've been for so many years. I just need to go cuz of the parents. ?

Lots of parents have no clue about the damage they're doing to their own children. Sad.

This is exactly what I feel too; leaving a family even though sometimes I think the parent/s aren't nice. I bonded with the kids so well that leaving is so hard. I still miss/talk about the kids I've been for so many years. I just need to go cuz of the parents. ?

I feel really badly for little children who are victims of the "revolving nanny door" syndrome. It's so awful for their development. I wish parents made more of an effort (and sacrifice) to build stability during their child's foundational years. It's critical to healthy early childhood development.

My job that ended two years ago was a true heartbreaker. I was so bonded to that little guy that the date they told me he was going to start daycare is burned into my mind. I am very lucky that I still see him once a week.

I recently left a weekend job and that leaving has meant nothing to me. My charge was cute and loves me but I never bonded with him. So sometimes it doesn't hurt at all!!

I know. It is heartbreaking. Hardest part of the profession by far.

There are lots of posts on the Nanny forums about things we don't like about our jobs. Everyone who is lucky enough to have any job has complained about this or that from time to time. I don't like job creep or my employer complaining about having to pay me or cleaning up dog poop or a bunch of dishes in the sink but the thing I think I hate the most is leaving. Whether by my choice or theirs and even under the most amicable circumstances, I hate leaving!!! I understand that the kids have grown up and the family's needs have changed. I know I'll see my little guys on the weekends sometimes and I'll always be "like family" but it is very very hard to come to grip with the fact that I won't be the one to take care of Larla anymore.