Would you entrust the care of younger daughters to a male manny?

it may sound mean but no, i will not hire a male nanny to take care of my kid. i am a mother of a 4-yr-old girl and i really can't imagine entrusting my kid to a man. i think it is just natural for mothers to be very protective when it comes to their children especially girls. i have often heard about child abuse in the news and so i will never entrust my kid to a male nanny.

Many years ago I knew of a male au pair from Sweden. They had two young girls for charges and they were out kicking around a soccer ball on the school playground one afternoon. A few mannies were drooling practically. It turned out okay to habe mannies around.

nope never trusted my kids with any one but myself! and sure wouldnt trust a man with a daughter. an other thing couldnt afford to have a nanny

I think i will trust a female nanny more than a male.. lol =D Because i will not know what he's gonna do to my daughter.. There are be things even worse off than plain abuse.. haha =D AFter all, a man is not as gentle as a female nanny, and gals tend to be more meticulous as well.. THus i will be opting for a nanny, instead of manny.. I guess i will feel much more secure to know my daughter is in the safe hands of someone.. haha =D

well...my daughter is 22 now, BUT, i dont think it matters male or female...i dont want a stranger in my house, PERIOD!! or imagining my daughter was still little, i NEVER left her alone with strangers, ever. period. male or female. they can both be abusive.

According to me, I would never do that because there is no way I'm gonna entrust males for my daughters. Most of the men get attracted to females unless there is a close relation. Happy Lotting

No, I don't think so. I can entrust my children to a female nanny only. I seen on the movies some of the rich people in foreign countries entrust their children to a male nanny, they call it a butler. I don't want to hand over my children to male, this is very suspicious even if the male have no malice or with clean minds and just want to have work and take of my children. There is still female nanny i can find.

male nannies are very rare. but it actually depends. it's true about what you said that we should be wary of abuses that could happen. ive known some guys who take care of children well and take very good care of them,. once i have established that kind of trust then maybe i could leave my children to his care, maybe if he were to babysit my children, not exactly hire him as a nanny.but only with that knowledge will i get him to take care of my children. this is a nice question, thanks for asking.

I have never thought about a male nanny before but if I felt good about him and he had all the right credentials I guess I would not have a problem with it. I don’t think I would discriminate between the genders; I would have to judge the individual as I meet him or her and decide from there. My seven year old has always had female teachers and this year for the first time she has a male teacher and I have to say he is better than any teacher she has had before and I am very happy with him.

I will never leave my yong daughters under the control of a male nanny. The male nammy may be a nice person, but I don't want to take the risk. It is a risk to the life and future of my daughter and I will never do that knowingly. The researches show that a good percentage of the young girls who are getting exploited are abused inside of their house and their family member or a person known to them does the abse.

Well to be honest it's kind of odd for a guy to do a nanny job.. at least from where I come from there is no such thing as a male nanny. I have nothing against male nannies but I would not feel comfortable hiring one. Not because of the Paedophile thing but mentally it wouldn't feel or sound right. And there's a possiblity that this male nanny might be a hot looking guy and that's going to be hard for me as he would distract me from looking out for my babies

Never on Monday.Never on Tuesday. Never on any day. No! no! No! It is certainly out of the question. With pedophiles around, no one is safe. In fact, given the social malaise of today,even animals are harmed by bad nannies! So, no male nannies for my children. Thank God, they are all grown up!

although i have reservations having male nannies take care of my young daughters, i don't see any reason why they shouldn't. my mother told me that my nanny was a male (although he was slightly gay) and he took good care of me and on the side, did some household chores as perfectly as the female nannies. if there are two different nannies that i have to choose for my young daughter, i would rather go for the female.

It all depends if the Male Nanny has a good reputation well let me explain better. Let's say the Male Nanny has been known like a nanny that has had comments from recently mothers who had said he is not a nanny you can trust to leave your child while you are doing something important either in your job or family situation. If other people say negative things about this person which in this situation is the Male Nanny then No I would not leave my child with this male nanny. If the Male Nanny has excellent comments on how he takes care of other children then i would absolutely leave my child to the male nanny, why not? If he will treat my children the right way. :-)

I would be very wary of this. Make sure the guy has good references that you've checked and talk to him to gauge a bit of his character. And then still be very carefull.

I heard in news about a nasty female nanny. The hidden camera had caught her beating crying babies. Another case was a female nanny putting sleeping pills in baby food so that they would sleep and not disturb her. So I would like known the background of the nanny (male or female). Also ask the previous employer. Nowadays one can also get details from the police.

I would search for a female nanny though. I will be very cautious about my children and I will see that they are not in any danger even at home so nowadays we can hear many incidents happening around so better to be careful.

i have never met a male nanny before. I'm not sure I would be as comfortable with a male nanny as i would a female nanny. Maybe I am just used to women being nannies and not men.

Funny, this discussion came up as well on the radio some days back. The question was, "Would you hire a male helper to assist you in the house chores"? Most of those who called said they actually found men to be good and serious in doing their work. They further commented that although women can multi-task, men are very focused and do the job one at a time but with excellent results. Personally, we have entrusted our kids (2 girls, ages 2 and 4 at that time) to a male nanny sent by the hotel in Bangkok,because we wanted to explore the sights of the city at night. We were a bit surprised when we saw that he was a young man. But, we thought he must have been cross-referenced by the hotel management and is capable of caring for young children. The kids were just fine. In response to your question, I would not mind having a male nanny for as long I know his reputation, credentials and that he has enough experience to fulfill the job.

Not totally because there are lots of cases nowadays trusting too much to someone that in turn they have their hidden agenda. It will bother me much if I entrust it to other person. Better yet, to a female nanny rather than male.