How does your relationship with the parents affect your relationship with your kids? Does it? We discuss this topic trying to examine how your attitudes towards your employers might play a part in your dealings with the kids. We also touch briefly on what happens when you disagree with the parents and the difference between having a more detached relationship vs. a very familial one. 

There’s been an article making the rounds on facebook lately about young children and their use / addiction of tech like ipads and smart phones.  (Check out Sue’s blog response at Nannypalooza.com.)  Sue and I jump right into the middle of the issue asking should tech be allowed, how much is too much and what’s the downside of having it as a regular part of your kid’s life.  Also, how does this debate impact you as a nanny since your views might be very different than your employers. 

This episode goes a few different directions as we take on a suggested topic of who gets to choose what a nanny does while the kids nap. Is it ok for the parents to set down some boundaries or is it "free time". We go on to discuss if a nanny can take on a "parent" attitude. We follow this discussion through a few different paths. Thanks so much to our listener for sending it in! 

We hear this a lot in our field, nannies (and others) refer to their involvement or role as “raising the kids”.  Is this true?  If it is, is it healthy?  How does that idea impact our vision of ourselves and our relationship with parents?  Join us as we explore this unique part of working as a nanny.

In this week's episode, we discuss pets. Do we like working in homes with pets and how does this affect a nanny's job? We discuss whether a family should talk to you before getting a pet and look at both sides of pet ownership. We also give some great benefits of having a pet while working. And Sue admits that she is not a friend to goldfish. Thanks to a listener for suggesting this topic. 

We all know that finding the right nanny / family match is hard. There are lots of different things that go into a good match and sometimes you just make a bad choice. Should you leave those jobs off or resume or should you fully disclose them to agencies and parents?  Do you have a professional or ethical obligation to tell?  Should you be disqualified from landing a great job just because of one mistake?  In this session, we’ll explore all the different aspects of this complicated issue.

We ponder a question this episode that seems pretty basic- do you ask before you try something new with the kids? How much do you take on without consulting with the parents? How do you know what to check on? And what does this say about the kind of nanny you are and what the relationship is with your family? There is more to this question than meets the eye!! 

In this episode we talk about a wide variety of disturbing situations and ask the question “Should this be reported and to whom?”  From parents who fail to give their child prescribed medicines to parents who leave porn in plain view of young children to parents who verbally abuse their child.  What would you do?

SPOILER ALERT_ we discuss Downton Abby Season 3 events in this episode- if you are not up to date on the shows please wait to listen! 

In this episode we discuss the differences in the ways families treat service professionals now vs. in the era of Downton Abby. Would today's families care for servants as a member of the family? Should they? Do today's nannies and other household staff have the same respect and boundaries as times gone by? We also touch on the attitude of service that domestic workers have now vs. then.