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[5 Little Monkeys]

Oops I was thinking late pick ups!

Late payment....I ask that they pay in the morning. If they forget it's not a big deal as long as they pay at pick up. I used to have a mom get paid same days as me and she went to the bank on her lunch break. It was fine by me because she discussed it with me ahead of time. Currently, all parents pay the day before or in the morning...with the odd forgetful moment so it's at pickup. If they don't pay for the next 2 weeks AT ALL than there is no late fee, there is just flat out no care!! They can't come back until it's paid and if they do this twice, they are asked to find another daycare provider. My income is already inconsistent, I'm not willing to take on a client and than wonder payday to payday if they're going to pay. Too stressful! If they leave without paying or making a payment plan (I require a months notice) than I'd consider taking them to small claims for breach of contract.

I've never had someone late with payment because it's very clear and very firm in my contract.

[5 Little Monkeys]

There are MANY nannies that work part-time hours. I have worked 8-5 when I did online classes and have done part-time hours. You don't have to work a full-time schedule to be a nanny. I don't understand why that is even being brought as it has nothing to do with my questions. Full-time or part-time its is all experience.

I also was a nanny for a brief time. I was paid a salary but worked mostly part time

[bright sparks]

I can see why the Nanny comment got mistaken. Childcare in many contexts over the last 10 years for sure, but Nanny I'd think not. You are an adolescent and can not legally allowed to nanny till 18 so more accurately would be 6 years but then only occasionally I assume while doing a degree. Not to say you didn't go above and beyond during your teenage babysitting years offering great care regardless of title, but I get why someone would be confused at you being 24 and stating that you nannied for the last 10 years. My daughter is nearly 14 and has been babysitting since she was 12. She is not your average babysitter given that she had great role models from the triplet girls who used to babysit her and my son in addition to growing up with the home daycare. She takes a box with her on every job with planned activities and all the supplies (all my supplies lol) and she makes their lunch including cooking more and more often now as she is getting older. She also babysits my current and past daycare kids and regularly babysits siblings under 5. Only thing she doesn't do is bath the kids, the liability is way to big, but she does everything else. During the summer and on PA Days she regularly does an 8 hour day. That is a wealth of experience and definitely something to go into on her resume, but she can never claim to have any experience as a Nanny prior to age 18 or without actually being employed as one. I understand that Babysitter and Nanny are very different things and the stigma attached to "babysitter" as a title, but an awful lot of people would say a teenage babysitter just texts friends and watches tv. I have met more that don't than do. My daughter does a lot more than just sit on babies. She also does a lot of the same things a Nanny does too.

[torontokids]

Emma- I thought you had plans to move to Toronto?

[bright sparks]

I think maybe Ppl think they didn't know 14yr olds can be a nanny. I know at that age they b hired as a babysitter. 16 is when I started as a full time summer nanny.

I still wouldn't call it a Nanny though at 16. Summer mothers helper or babysitter I get but I just jump to the traditional model of the Nanny role where the liability is much greater and they assume every part of main caregiver and housekeeper roles. Maybe where I come from it is different but Nanny companies require a minimum age of 18 for insurance purposes in addition to formal qualification. It's not something where you would just stick an advert in the paper for a Nanny and anyone could respond.

Okay now it's officially a Nanny educational thread lol I'm certainly always interested to learn how things are done and regulated differently in different countries. Sorry for side tracking things

[babydom]

Hmmm. I definitely wouldn't be calling a 14 yr old a nanny. But I would at 16 if it's over the sumer. Two full mths. I know I did everything an older nanny would do. But I do also see your pt. We have the website here Canadian nannies and other agencies I think you have to b 18, an adult to apply, in order to search for a family.

[bright sparks]

Hmmm. I definitely wouldn't be calling a 14 yr old a nanny. But I would at 16 if it's over the sumer. Two full mths. I know I did everything an older nanny would do. But I do also see your pt. We have the website here Canadian nannies and other agencies I think you have to b 18, an adult to apply, in order to search for a family.

That's what I'm basing it on pretty much. Like I said in an earlier post, it's not that I am negating the work done by someone under 18, but I think it's a play on words using Nanny as it can be misinterpreted and clearly there isn't a clear understanding of it in terms of age and role.

[Suzie_Homemaker]

People on this group are very rude when they don't like a view. I think you didn't understand but you do not need rudeness in your replies.

My questioning was because you said you was 24 and had been a nanny for 10 years. To me, that makes no sense that you were a nanny at 14 - certainly not a full time carer nanny which is what confuses. This is why I ask if you mean you were 34 which would make sense.

Finish school at 18, 4 year degree, 10 year nanny - on the face of information you would not be 24. I asked for confusion not for rudeness and if you are over reacting rudely maybe might be because you are not being quite honest but that is your manner not mine.


You are very rude young lady. I give you lucks with your business since you know it all and didn't really want viewa and just wanted agreements. I won't answer your question again since you think my views don't count for anys. Good day.

[33 Daiseys]

People on this group are very rude when they don't like a view. I think you didn't understand but you do not need rudeness in your replies.

My questioning was because you said you was 24 and had been a nanny for 10 years. To me, that makes no sense that you were a nanny at 14 - certainly not a full time carer nanny which is what confuses. This is why I ask if you mean you were 34 which would make sense.

Finish school at 18, 4 year degree, 10 year nanny - on the face of information you would not be 24. I asked for confusion not for rudeness and if you are over reacting rudely maybe might be because you are not being quite honest but that is your manner not mine.


You are very rude young lady. I give you lucks with your business since you know it all and didn't really want viewa and just wanted agreements. I won't answer your question again since you think my views don't count for anys. Good day.

Where exactly was she rude???????????????? ????? If anything |I think that you were the one who was rude. FYI I started working as a SUMMER NANNY at 14, 5 days a weeks for 12 hours a day. What is so odd about that

[Emma H]

Suzie I am very sorry if you feel that way. I was a little defensive as to your comment . I said I worked part-time as well as full-time not only in the summer but throughout the years as well. Living in Toronto I was hired by a family to be a live-in nanny at the age of 14 (there isn't a live-in babysitter) and my job required me to do everything a nanny does not a babysitter. Majority of my program was done online and I did night courses as well to finish early. I have never had any issues with any families concerning my job experience so the fact that I am getting comments from people that I wasn't a nanny is really rude. I worked for the same family up until I was 18 doing the exact same job that I did when I started at age14. Like I said no issues from parents ever during interviews it makes sense to everyone. I have all my work references from all my past jobs so this is the first time it was every made an issue.