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Being a nanny is not an easy job, no matter how much you love kids. Sometimes the kids aren’t the problem – it’s the parents. There might be a discrepancy between how the parents discipline their kids and how the nanny does it. Still, the primary responsibility of a nanny is to care for and discipline the kids, is it not?
This Redditor thought so, but the mother of the children she was looking after had something else in mind. She told the user RoseGoldFiend not to parent her children. Confused and fed up, the Redditor maliciously complied and let the kids go crazy in the house. To illustrate how important it is to establish expectations between the nanny and the parents, she shared her story on the Malicious Compliance community.
Dealing with unruly kids is challenging for any nanny
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But how should a nanny react when a mother tells them not to parent their kids?
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JayWantsACat JayWantsACat Community Member Follow
This was great and loved that the family got blacklisted. Won't stop them from getting another nanny but I'm sure agencies talk, so... This also reminds me of a Firefly episode where Inara gets threatened by a client that she'll never work again or something, but the client is instead told that that's not how it works and that he's getting blacklisted and will never be allowed to use their ambassador service ever again.
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Some agencies and churches have a "good neighbor" policy. It never hurts to warn others about a walking potential lawsuit.
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Steve Hall Steve Hall Community Member Follow
Have I missed something in life, I always considered a nanny or babysitter to be a substitute parent, otherwise people would lock their kids inside and leave them home alone.
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Bina Wei Bina Wei Community Member Follow
It's more a temporary Guardian, especially for babysitter. Nanny is a bit closer because it's usually more time and care. Either way, she was right to give time outs and loss of privileges, that mother is harming her kids so much by not doing it herself and not letting it happen.. Edit: More care bc of duties and time, not caring the emotion. And usually but not always.
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Mike F Mike F Community Member Follow
This person should have laid out the parameters BEFORE accepting the assignment. If the "mother" was expecting the nanny to perform the duties without a certain level of parenting it should have been a red flag and reason to decline the assignment.
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Bartlet for World Domination Bartlet for World Domination Community Member Follow
That's what the agency is for.
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JayWantsACat JayWantsACat Community Member Follow
This was great and loved that the family got blacklisted. Won't stop them from getting another nanny but I'm sure agencies talk, so... This also reminds me of a Firefly episode where Inara gets threatened by a client that she'll never work again or something, but the client is instead told that that's not how it works and that he's getting blacklisted and will never be allowed to use their ambassador service ever again.
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DarkViolet DarkViolet Community Member Follow
Some agencies and churches have a "good neighbor" policy. It never hurts to warn others about a walking potential lawsuit.
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Steve Hall Steve Hall Community Member Follow
Have I missed something in life, I always considered a nanny or babysitter to be a substitute parent, otherwise people would lock their kids inside and leave them home alone.
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Bina Wei Bina Wei Community Member Follow
It's more a temporary Guardian, especially for babysitter. Nanny is a bit closer because it's usually more time and care. Either way, she was right to give time outs and loss of privileges, that mother is harming her kids so much by not doing it herself and not letting it happen.. Edit: More care bc of duties and time, not caring the emotion. And usually but not always.
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Mike F Mike F Community Member Follow
This person should have laid out the parameters BEFORE accepting the assignment. If the "mother" was expecting the nanny to perform the duties without a certain level of parenting it should have been a red flag and reason to decline the assignment.
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Bartlet for World Domination Bartlet for World Domination Community Member Follow
That's what the agency is for.
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