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Would you employ an overweight nanny?
AnnaInManchester · 09/05/2005 16:19
Just wondering if you mums and dads would emply an overweight nanny. I just remember a mother once saying that most fat nannies are lazy and have no energy and sit on their lazy backsides all day infront of the tv eating the house out, getting the kids fat in the process!!! Discuss....
WigWamBam · 09/05/2005 16:22
Well, I'm not a nanny but I am a mother, and despite being fat myself, I am not lazy, I do not sit in front of the telvision all day and I do not eat the house out. Neither is my daughter overweight. How dare anyone suggest that the size I or anyone else is has any bearing whatsoever on the quality of care that I can give my daughter.
lunavix · 09/05/2005 16:34
I wouldn't employ a nanny who ate a lot of junk and unhealthy food. Sadly lots of skinny people can do this and work it off! And sadly a lot of overweight people don't, and still can't shift any weight.
I also wouldn't employ a 'lazy' nanny.
But you can't tell these things from an interview can you.
RTKangaMummy · 09/05/2005 16:37
This is an interesting question but rather strange.
I am very fat
I do sit here on mumsnet all day while watching tv
I do not eat alot cos that would mean getting off my fat behind and walking into the kitchen
I work as a childminder {part time} and when I am working I spend most of my time kneeling or crawling on the floor building railways, or running round the garden playing football with mindee.
I don't have time for mumsnet or TV
My DS is not fat {by any stretch of the imagination}
HAVE YOU BEEN TOLD YOU ARE TOO FAT FOR A JOB YOU WENT FOR ANNAINMANCHESTER?
IS THAT THE REASON FOR THE QUESTION?
uwila · 09/05/2005 16:38
And I was just thinking how quite the chilcare threads have been in the past few day....
If my nanny was fat because she was lazy and had poor nutritional habits then that would be a problem. But, the problem would be the laziness and poor nutritional habits, no the fact that she is fat. So, I suppose that being fat could be an indication of a problem. But, it is not in itself a problem. Also, I'm sure there are plenty of skinny nannies who aren't up to snuff.
Sponge · 09/05/2005 16:38
I don't really care what she eats herself as long as she feeds the kids good food (which generally is what we have in the house).
Hard to tell if someone is going to be lazy from an interview as you say lunarvix but I don't think weight has much bearing on the issue anyway.
uwila · 09/05/2005 16:43
I don't care what she eats on her own time and away from the kids. But I do most certainly care what she eats in front of the kids, as I beilieve it is very important for a nanny to lead by example. If she gives DD an apple and she herself sits down with a piece of cake, well which one is DD going to want?
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