I think the key here is that these parents with the food lists and all don't want to pay more for the higher level of work.
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Nannies, she said, must now be personal chefs while also supervising mischievous toddlers, and all without an increase in pay.
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I used to watch kids for a college job for a while. Once, the father had to talk to me about feeding the 3 kids after school. They practically wanted a full meal as a "snack" when they got home from school, and I'd give them fruit and a bit of cheese instead. Well, the kids complained to the dad that they were hungry and that I wouldn't give them enough food. Father talked to me and told me to give them what they wanted. I felt so bad, that the kids were "going hungry"...but when I was a kid, I wasn't allowed to have an entire can of soup as a snack.
I know it was just a difference in opinion as to what was acceptable, but I still feel bad that something they were accustomed to and allowed to have (whether or not I agreed with it), I was denying them. And I was horribly embarrassed that the father had to talk to me about it. He was nice about it though.