tv with childminder

That's shocking mild did you report it? Was she Ofsted registered?? I struggle to fathom why some people enter this profession!

Asdy, yes I did witness it. My son was strapped in to a pushchair and parked in front of TV when I went to collect him one day. He doesn't go there any more.

drpepper I assume you witnessed the CM strapping the children in their buggies and parking them in front of the TV.
What did she say when you told her to let them out?

MildDrPepperAddiction, is this a UK childminder you're talking about?

Have you reported her?

How rude op !!!!

Feel free to piss off and then we won't have to reply to anything you write

People were giving you advice

Cm don't like being called nannies and vice versus. They have diff roles esp with paperwork and ratios of ages children they can look after

It's been a very long and hard-fought battle to stop the media using the term "childminder" for anyone in charge of someone else's charge - usually when things go wrong.

That's why people have highlighted it in the Op's case.

In fact, I think the Op is more touchy and unpleasant than those who have tried to correct her - no-one has yet told her she can "piss off"

Hahaha OP that made me laugh out loud.

It grindes on me when the term nanny and CM are blurred because quite simply I'm not a nanny. It's a very different job, requiring different skill set and training. I used to be a nanny, so i know how hard that job is, and wouldn't want to take anything away from nannies, but I'm not one.

Will read all posts on a thread in future! Haha

Corkgirl, don't pay any attention to those giving out. Nanny is not a well used term in Ireland. My friend was a live in nanny in Dublin and called herself a CM.

(Btw, I do know a cm who does let the children watch tv all day. Even straps children into buggies and parks them in front of it it does happen. That's why parents need to be vigilant)

well i'm a nanny with the opposite problem, the child i care for has special needs and her parents call their tv the babysitter and sit her in front of it all the time when i am not there, so therefore i don't let her watch tv at all when she is with me, as if the tv is on she is literally inside the tv totally focussed on nothing else and dribbling!! when she was younger it took me a while to wean her off the tv and to get active, she would cry when i turned the tv off and have a tanturm if i walked in front of it or even spoke to her when the tv was on, i have looked after this little girl for 11 years and the impact on her is clear to see, at 17 she still has poor speech and also a poor memory, i feel i she hadn't been dumped in front of a tv from a baby she may actually be a little bit older mentally as she is severely developmentally delayed and probably only functioning about 6-8 years old and i don't think this will ever change now as her parents do not make any effort to interact with her, unfortunately for her, both her parents are suits and according to her mother if she had benn normal she would have went to private school and i suspect also boarding!!
sorry for the rant!!

well, I'm sure that not all nannies allow 6 hours of TV a day either. Really, you must think people are very unintelligent if they assume that because one childcare provider (that OK?) allows this then all will? Because I'm certainly not that dimwitted. And the OP has already explained that where she is from CM is the term used.

OP, as her employer you can state you don't want that. But I would probably look for someone else, I think it's a bit odd she's done this at all, it's as though she's got nothing else up her sleeve, as it were.

Sweet Jesus, You're getting a bit narky!
Really, chill out a bit.
People get narked when non CM's are referred to as CM's as it is always in a negative vein. there have been press reports of "cm" killing a baby when it turns out to be a druggy bf of the mum. It's for that sort of reason we get defensive.

Listen, just be straight with her. Say you don't like it and it's not good for your daughter. Be clear that you expect her to be out at the playground or baking etc. draw up a schedule for her. Are there groups she can go to?

I don't know of any cms that allow constant TV use either. This person is a nanny so why wasn't that put in the title instead of child minder?

OP as she is your nanny and employed by you tell her and be strong about it. I'd be very unhappy to be paying for childcare only for my child to be watching 4 dvds in a row.

I agree...we don't! (At least non of the childminders I know anyway) x

please don't use the term childminder when she's not one.
people will see the title and think CM's allow children to watch TV all day.
we don't!!

She's a nanny, so you can specify how much tv is allowed.

also miffed at CM being used

She's a nanny as works in your home and I assume employed by yourself

A cm works from her own house and is se

As she is a nanny you have every right to ban tv or ask her to cut down - as with anything - I think tv is good in moderation esp when kids tired /ed of day

Oh, I see she is a nanny rather than a childminder. In that case ignore what I said before. Can't you just say to her 'I don't want my child to watch more than x hours of TV a day' and then suggest some other activities.

Hey OP- does she invoice you or is she your employee?

I ask because if your the employer as opposed to service user, you have the grounds to be more authoritive and just say no I don't want tv on.

Even if she was a self employed childminder you would obviously still have the right to voice your opinion on TV, it may just not be listened to if she is of that mindset!

I personally hate tv, but have to admit defeat on rare occasions, because it will guarantee 10mins of free time to finish cooking, or taking dirty nappies to bin etc...

Fine then I apologise and wish you well in getting something sorted with her.

Easily miffed? Or peeved at my job title constantly being dragged through the mud?

If its your home then just lock the tv up and say you've decided to be a tv free zone. Put a list of activities up on the fridge and say they're there to inspire you and her. Book dd into classes shd has to take her to.