nanny taking care of my children good or bad?
By dudsdoojaxi1
@dudsdoojaxi1 (166)
Philippines
August 15, 2010 8:41pm CST
I have to 2 daughters and with my busy schedule I entrusted almost everything to my nannies. I noticed that their behavior became similar with their nannies. Right now my problem is not only disciplining my daughters but also their nannies.
4 responses
@marguicha (223776)
• Chile
9 Feb 12
The principal question here is whether or not you hired the proper nannies. Many times the only way to be helped with your children is hiring a nanny. My youngest daughter has had nannies all the married life because she has a full time job and the babies got easily ill in child care centers during Winter.
So maybe if the nanies donĀ“t behave as you wish, you will have to get other nannies.
@erobe20 (2)
• United States
1 Feb 12
What I would recommend is to communicate with the nanny. Go over what kind of discipline she should be focusing on. Have an open discussion about how your daughters behave when you are not around. I've been a nanny for nearly ten years. My longest engagements have been with families who were able to communicate their needs and wants to me. A good nanny should be able to stay consistent with what you as the parents want for your daughters.
Make sure to set up clear expectations of what your nanny should be working towards. Give her a time frame for when you'll have another discussion to see if there is any progress being made. If you feel that she is still not what you would like, I would recommend finding another nanny that fits your parenting philosophy better and who is mature enough to handle disciplining your daughters.
@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
1 Sep 10
Hi,
Since you have a busy schedule and can't takecare of
your daughters and left them to nannies,of course, they will spent
more time with nannies and automatically,they will behave like their
nannies.
Try to reschedule your works and spent more time with your
daughters. How old are they?
If they are ready for school, you may consider put them at childcare centre.
Let them mixed with more friends and learn something new.
It is more fun and they can learn something good.
When you are having off-day,.try to spend time with both of them.
Bring them out for a walk or shopping with your husband.
You can consider a short getaway for your family, it is good time
for all of you to have a relax and short break from work.
@pastigger (612)
• United States
16 Aug 10
You need a nanny that will use the same disclipline that you use so that they know that the rules are the rules. I do home daycare and only the little, just learning to talk children, call me mommy and that is because they only know a few words. Once they can say my name that is what they call me. I always tell my parents what I do here and ask what they do at home. I try and be as consistant as possible. I use time outs and I do not let the kids just act out all the want. They have to follow the rules. I do have my own daughter here as well, but weather she was here are not the rules will be followed. I think too many caregivers just feel like it is up to the parents but when you are with children while their parents are working they still need rules and they need to be enforced. I am not sure what options that you have but for the well being of your children if your nanny can't follow your rules you many need to find a new one. After all she is working for you. You are the one in charge not the child. I hope that you can get the problem fixed and they will start to do things the way that you would like them done or hope that you can find someone that will. In the world we live in right now most of us have to work and we should be able to know that our kids will not be learning bad habits while we are at work.