![]() I’m kidding on those last two, but my point is, there are more ways than spying on your nanny to find out if s/he is a trustworthy person. And, just on a purely practical level: if you know you’re a little paranoid, own it and consider doing more legwork up front, like a deeper background check/ criminal record check, asking for her grade school teacher’s address so you can have coffee with her, insist on meeting her parents. Secondly, it doesn’t make sense you vetted me through references and background checks, yet you don’t trust me? Then hire someone you do trust and I’ll find someone who trusts me. I know it’s your home and you have every right to set it up how you want, and, yes, you need to feel comfortable… but a Nanny Cam might as well be called a “We Don’t Trust You Cam.” When I learn there’s a camera recording me while I watch your kid(s), first off, I feel completely creeped out. I’m starting with a potentially controversial one right off the bat. So, if you want to be a great employer and have your home be a place your caretaker looks forward to going to each day, don’t do these things (except #6 – do do that one): 1) Don’t spy on your nanny.Īlright. In all my years working with families, thankfully, there were really only a handful of things that really got under my skin, and it wasn’t just me other nannies concurred. Plus (and you know this): we nannies swap battle stories at the playground. But every nanny has experienced some real doozies somewhere along the way. I’m lucky in that I’ve mostly worked with absolutely spectacular families. Now, with childcare in the rearview mirror ever since my writing career took off and became sustainable without the extra income from babysitting, I’ve got some wisdom to bestow. Babysitter, mother’s helper, live-in nanny, travel-with-the-family nanny: check.
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