Originally Posted by sapiens

Parents often have dietary guidelines that they would like their babysitters/nannies to follow when feeding their children. I don't see a problem here. I don't see what is insane about it.

One of my daughter's daycare teachers started feeding kids sugar cookies in the afternoons right before we picked up our daughter from daycare. Parents asked the teacher to stop and she did. Sugar cookies are not good for her and they interfere with dinner. Was it insane to ask?

The same teacher taught the class a song about fast food restaurants. All of the words of the song were different restaurant names (pizza hut, burger kind, taco bell, etc.). One parent I know asked the teacher not to teach that song. The teacher brushed her off. It wasn't until around half of the parents asked that she stopped. Was it inappropriate to ask her to stop?

Is it unreasonable for parents to expect a certain standard of care from the people they employ to take care of their children? I don't think so. Especially in the cases of nannies or babysitters. As a nanny, if you have a problem with what the parents expect of you, find a new job.

Aside: Logging food consumption does seem a bit obsessive, but your nanny is feeding your kid fast food behind your back, it's not entirely unreasonable.


Edit: Cynthetiq, I finished the post above before reading your second post. It seems like the child-rearing you describe matches the position of many of the parents in the article. Where's the insanity?