A single mum found my profile and hired me as a after-school nanny for her 10 year old boy.
After 1st week, the mum's attitude was getting unfriendly, also showed me how to do if her sun had peanut by mistake ( didn't mention it to me at interview ), I was scared... 2 days later I told the mum that I am not qualified for looking after a special care child and I don't feel good to continue.. So I agreed to help 2 more weeks to the end of the school term.
The boy didn't talk to me much, every time I tried to make conversation, he didn't want to reply, and when I told him something his mum told me to tell him, he always said " ok, I know, I know, I know" and walked away... one day the mum came home and asked me " my son said you don't talk to him much? You are new to him, you need to make effort to let him like you... ( I was speechless and felt confused, but I never thought about framing at that time)
On the last evening, while I was waiting for her to arrive home, saw the dirt on thier fabric sofa, so I used damp clothes to wipe the sofa ( the boy saw me doing it), 5 miminutes later the mum arrived, then we say "thank you and good luck to each other", then I left the door, 1 minute later, she called from the window asking me to return into her house, after I went in she said " my son told me that you damaged my sofa, what did you do to my sofa?... I told her what , and she said " how could you be so stupid, don't you l know water damaged fabric?" " my all furniture are very expensive " " how could you be so stupid?"" I know it's you last day, but you shouldn't this to me "... I said to her " this is too much, I didn't do that to damage your sofa, not because I am going away either"...
During the last 2 weeks I was still doing my best to keep my reputation, but I would never thought I got framed by the boy at the last second ( or has he been framing me from the beginning and that's why the mum's attitude changed after 1st week?)
Well, I am posting this story here to warn both parents and nannies: parents shouldn't just listen to your kids, and nannies need to be very careful to be a new nanny to kids who are old enough to tell lies.