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top tips for choosing a nanny

26 replies

hatstand · 14/06/2005 13:07

anyone got any? Particularly how would you rate the importance of:

  1. how they are with the kids
  2. how much initiative with regard to organising activities (someone you could happily leave to it vs someone who'll need guidance)
  3. not having a qualification and therefore difficult to guage how they might be with regard to safety and first aid, and with regard to mkaing the link between fun activities and their educational value
  4. whether you personally click with them
  5. whether their circumstances/what they want out of a job match what you're offering (ie if they are really after f-t but you're offering p-t - even if they accept the job they might bugger off if something f-t comes along)

This is the third time I've had to do this and you think I would have got the hang of it, but I think I feel more uncertain than ever. I've found someone who pretty much gets 10/10 for nos. 1, 4, 5, but not so high on 2 and 3...

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hatstand · 14/06/2005 13:13

re no. 5 - my main motivation for this is coz I crave someone who's going to stick around for as long as possible. I hate the idea of my kids having a "string" of nannies - the less the better imo

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