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Originally Posted by kutulu
Of course that's all you see. You don't have a kid so you have no clue about what the responsibilities are that come with raising one.
In a fantasy world we'd all have one parent that could stay at home and then we could ensure that our kids are raised the way that we want them to be raised. However, life isn't perfect and lots of people have to hire nannies.
Ideally, there would be clear communications with the nanny that give them guidance as to what to feed them and how to take care of them. Why does it sound strange that parents would want to dictate the diets of their kids? If all the parents want the kids to eat are organic foods that is all the nanny should give them. If the parents don't care and give them hot dogs, fine.
It is very important that children are fed properly. As a parent, it is your responsibility to raise a child with a healthy mind and body. Nannies that feed kids whatever to save time undermine the employer-employee relationship and interfere.
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My sister and I were cared for by a live in nanny. The nanny cooked recipes based on my mother's and that was the only food allowed to be eaten. Snacks were what was purchased and allowed. Cookies, sweet cereals were not in our house.
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Ms. Shea now chooses her baby sitters in part based on their adherence to her rules, which include no high fructose corn syrup or hydrogenated oils, and limited refined sugars.
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Would that be in the household? Because if that wasn't allowed for us to eat, it wasn't in the house. Soda wasn't part of what was in the refrigerator because it wasn't allowed as part of the our diet.
In fact, the more I think about this above quote the more it speaks to me that it's about PROCESSED foods versus HOME COOKED meals.
I don't see anywhere in the article that the parents cooked, in fact at the tail end of the article a nanny stated that she provided fruits out of her own pocket.
Now yes, as you stated it would be great that parents had one parent to stay home. But my parents didn't, and I still got home cooked meals.
If am disciplined enough to cook on Sunday, there's home cooked meals all week and both my wife and I work.
In my opinion it's a cop out to say you cannot cook.
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