Comments on: How’s Your Nanny? (And how about when you’re not looking?)

By: hetal gandhi

hetal gandhi — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:30:59 +0000

That’s a wonderful idea. I would love the membership.

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By: Carol Drury

Carol Drury — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:43:33 +0000

would love to win this and thanks for offering the contest!!!

By: Anthony Hedden

Anthony Hedden — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:33:49 +0000

enter me

By: Holly Tried It

Holly Tried It — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:40:41 +0000

I have trusted home-based workers. But sometimes, something happens. They get sick, depressed, and things change….

And, I’ve known parents who completely trusted their homecare provider for several years, and then found out (when their children were talking well) that their sitter was taking them out in the car to her boyfriend’s house. She never ever asked permission to drive with the children and she never mentioned that they went anywhere.

You can completely trust…and be wrong.

And at an office, oftentimes complete strangers are walking by your door. Sure, there’s no number on the door to call, but it’s easy enough to find the supervisor to report to.

So, a little acountability with the most precious things in your life is just an indication of how precious your children are, not how much you trust or don’t.

Holly Tried It’s last blog post..Grinding My Own Rice Flour

By: Shay

Shay — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:56:01 +0000

This is great! If only we had someone to ask questions to on the spur of the moment that actually has experienve. Shay's last blog post..Princess Galore

By: tim brown

tim brown — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:14:04 +0000

THANK YOU GOD BLESS

By: James Jenkins

James Jenkins — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:09:52 +0000

wow

By: Melissa Reeder

Melissa Reeder — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:02:10 +0000

This is excellent! Thanks for the giveaway!

By: sandy

sandy — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:58:30 +0000

neat idea- really for compliments and comments- for good and bad

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:27:56 +0000

Wow. This is wrong on so many levels.

When you call one of those truckers’ hotlines, there’s an arbitration process on the other end – they collect comments, assess the driver’s performance, and start dismissal proceedings if necessary. There’s protection for the driver, just in case some random stranger decides to make up a grievance and call it in. No such protection exists for the nanny in this case. Anybody, any passing stranger, could call in a comment, and of course the parent’s first reaction will be to fire the nanny.

If you don’t trust a nanny, don’t hire her. If you think you’ll never fully trust any nanny, do your childcare yourself. Certainly you’ll never establish a trusting, helpful relationship with a childcare provider if you’re pulling a 1984-style surveillance move on her. Think about it. Would you want a phone number plastered on your office door so that passing strangers could call in comments about you to your boss? No? Then treat your home employees with equal respect.