Tuesday

Carl Shurz Park in NYC

Second Report on Nanny at Carl Shurz Park
Received Tuesday, August 5, 2008
On Monday, at approximately 12:20 PM in the afternoon on the 4th of August, I witnessed a nanny behaving inexplicably alongside her male charge. The Caucasian nanny was between 25-30 with brownish/blond hair, worn in a hair tie. She was approximately 5'4"-5'6" and between 160-180 lbs. She wore a sleeveless top and bright red shorts with white Ked tennis shoes. Her charge was a Caucasian boy of about 13 years old with reddish brown hair, wearing an Ohio State Jersey and very long cargo shorts and Nike tennis shoes sans socks. The nanny and boy were at times hanging out with another nanny and her three charges; 2 boys and a girl; all of whom appeared to be over the age of 10.

The nanny I witnessed behaved in a manner that whilst witnessing it caused me to become uncomfortable. The nanny was very physical with the teenage boy and encouraged him to be physical. At different points during this, I witnessed her A) wrestling the boy in the grass b) riding on his back while he crawled in the grass and C) receiving a pony back ride from him as he walked around a path and up the steps with her on his back.

If you would replace the 13 year old boy with a 18 year old boy and almost thirty year old nanny with an 18 year old girl, this would have been a cute scene to watch unfold before your eyes. But watching a nanny cavort like that with her charge was a bit much, and I do not believe I was the only person who grew uncomfortable while watching the nanny's come hither, flirtatious and solicitous behavior. The teenage boy was very well aware of the physical contact and flirtatious behavior.

If you employ this nanny or this is your child, I beg of you to please intervene.
I'm hoping that the canoodling ended at the park and didn't continue in some other fashion behind closed doors.

Received Monday, August 4, 2008
I would call this one, 'inappropriate nannies at Carl Shurz Park". I say two white nannies, or babysitters at the park outside of the playground with their charges. Both appeared to be 22-26. One was slightly chubby with a simple face, blonde hair with bangs and a ponytail. She wore red shorts and a red and white striped sleeveless top. The other was white but had the front part of her hair braided as if she had just returned from a Caribbean vacation. Her hair was brown and shoulder length. I cant remember what she had on her bottoms but she was wearing a grey t-shirt with a picture of that painter from PBS. The white guy with the afro, Bob somebody. I forget his name but knew his face. Anyway these two were watching three children between them., all boys between 9-14. I don't know who belonged to who. I can say that the oldest boy had long hair in a seventies shag cut. One of the boys had reddish brown hair and was wearing a yellow jersey with red #72. The third boy was the smallest, a short boy with a close cut haircut wearing a dark blue t-shirt with a white swoosh on it. This boy was wearing black and orange van tennis shoes. The problem I had with the girls is that they were cavorting with the boys in a way that struck me as inappropriate. The girls had the two larger boys give them piggy back rides and race around. I get that it could be fun, but I think for a young teen to have a busty babysitter on his back, it just seems wrong. Don't you think? I don't think it would be good for their backs either. I just felt the nanny/babysitters conduct with the boys lent towards the flirtatious. The chubby gal kept ruffling the boys hair. I don't think I am a prude, this just didn't feel right. The girl with braids in her hair was named Ally and one of the boys (I am not sure which) was named Ben.

57 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are the only one with your mind in the gutter. "A busty babysitter"? -- You should write trashy erotic novels.

Anonymous said...

Okay, so I am going to play devils advocate here and say, "op, unless you walked up and asked are you these boy's nannies, They probably were not."

It sounds like my son(16) with his cousins. Girls today sure look a hell of a lot older than they are while the boys still lok just their age.

My son and his 18 yr old cousin (female)galavant all over the place together..and let me just tell you.. she has a rack..one I am very envious of (Tee-hee)..as a matter of fact my son scolded her for wearing a bikini on our family reunion in the Bahamas last year!

This just does not sound like a nanny situation..however, if it were, there is nothing wrong with the kids having fun. Women have breasts..it's part of life!

Anonymous said...

okay...

Anonymous said...

Sorry. But unless you heard these boys refer to the girls as Nanny, I'm going to assume they were either:
1. Older looking friends/GF, because girls look so much older than their ages these days.
2. It was a sister/cousin, or other relative.

I seriously doubt a 14 y.o. boy would have a Nanny, much less be playing with her at a park for all his friends to maybe see, lol... because they'd be so embarassed they'd want to be 20 ft. from them at all times.

Normally I'm never one to doubt a post, but this one calls for it, sorry.

Sarah said...

Oh my God!!! Nannies at the park PLAYING with their charges????? Quick, get the phone camera out!


Thank you, OP, for posting this riveting, awful nanny sighting.


Seriously... it sounds like they were all having fun. Your mind is the only one that was probably thinking it was inappropriate.

Anonymous said...

I am a nanny for two children, one who starts college this fall. I'm glad they have kept me on so long, I sure as hell don't want to start over somewhere. But riding on the back of a 14 year old boy? That's skeevy. Lets be real and stop being pc idiots. It's creepy, okay and it's probably the babysitter.

Anonymous said...

It's only the babysitter because YOU want it to be the babysitter.
Now, dream on.

Anonymous said...

Hahah one of the funnier sitings I've seen lately. These obviously weren't the nannies OR babysitters. Come on now, OP.

UmassSlytherin said...

It sounds like the 14 year old boys were very happy.

:)

Anonymous said...

Lol-I am so glad, for once, that everyone thinks this is such a funny "sighting"!!! These were obviously not the "nannies" and gf's or just friends!:)

Anonymous said...

oh my gosh please PLEASE find a new hobby!

this site is supposed to help children who are being abused, got it? ABUSED. now go do something else with your time.

Anonymous said...

Yes!! get a life OP!!

V.

UmassSlytherin said...

I don't get this: is it two different posters? The stories sound almost the same, down to the color of shorts that the nanny was wearing.

Jane? :( I'm confused.

Anonymous said...

It's probably the OP sending in another "sighting," mad that she didn't get the response she wanted out of the first sighting post.

Jane Doe said...

The sightings were sent in via email. The second one was received from a business email with full contact information listed.

Anonymous said...

Given the # of nannies and teachers that are having sex with teen boys, I hardly see where this is hard to believe or why anyone thinks that either poster or even on poster is overreacting. This isn't a 6 year old boy!

UmassSlytherin said...

This story just seems so strange to me. I had to giggle at OP#2's substitution of "canoodling" for "cavorting." Giving OP #2 the benefit of the doubt, and assuming she is a different person who saw the same thing, a third party and not a friend of the original OP, I have to say that in my opinion, perhaps the age of the boy was a bit off? I know my child is very VERY tall for her age, and everybody thinks she is at least 3 when she is not even quite two yet. Maybe that is the case here? Just guessing!

Or maybe this nanny has the hots for her charge. Which would be uncool.

Anonymous said...

Hey guys what commentors! You DON'T know!!!!

Okay, so maybe there is nothing to worry about. Maybe like butt look big said, it was some boys and there older cousins (but, IMO blb, if your sons act in a "flirtatious" way that has more than one person was concerned, with their cousins... I'd be concerned as their parent), or MAYBE (unlikey) they were older looking girlfriends, there are a many number of possibilities...

BUT-- the post (or posts at this point) are PLAUSIBLE, maybe what OPs thought they saw is exactly what was happening, and maybe the parents will read the posts and intervene. I'm fairly sure that this website isn't about people posting a nanny siting, and then having people critique their sighting. It's about informing parents on what they saw. Guess what, if the OPs are incorrect, and it was harmless interaction between people who weren't in a caregiving position, those sighted would not be hurt! If they are just kids, and no one was a nanny, they probably wouldn't even know that they were sighted.

So, my point is... no one is being hurt with this post.
and it has the potential to help.

So stop giving the OP such a hard time.

Anonymous said...

I'm thinking OP #1 had a friend send in this 2nd report.
They just parallel each other too much.
I have a hard time imagining that 2 people both thought this was a nanny, and not an older-looking GF or friend.
I'm never one to question OP, but I don't get why they assume this was a nanny? Neither OP's said they heard them being referred to as one.

UmassSlytherin said...

Everyone is entitled to an opinion. If someone questions the validity of a post and you don't agree, that's fine. But it shouldn't drive you crazy. What drives me crazy is when people can't stand others' expressing themselves. I don't know exactly what OP1 or OP2 saw, but as I said, hopefully it was misinterpreted, because if it wasn't that is not cool. But we are all free to discuss it to our leisure. So chill out, drives me crazy.

Anonymous said...

Rock on, Umass!

Anonymous said...

well, all I can say is this is one strong 13 yr old, to be piggy-backing a 180 lb ,30 yr old woman around! My son might be able to do that at 16 but at 13 he was still a bit clumsy and awkward to say the least and he could never have supported that kind of weight!
As you can see, I am still playing devils advocate here. I know we hate the old"how do you know this was a nanny" but this is truly one situation where it seems to apply.
I still say they were cousins or siblings with a big age difference.

When my sister & I were teens we spent one summer afternoon dancing with an older man at a marina. A few hours later our mother pulled us aside to share this story.

A woman approached her( mom was inside and we were outside) out of the blue and said, I have been watching that dirty old man outside dance with your daughters..you really should put a stop to it..he seems awfully friendly with them.My mother thanked her.

When she shared this with us..we all had a good laugh..that dirty old man was our step father and the best thing that ever happened to our family!

point is..things are not always as they seem.

UmassSlytherin said...

same to you, cfg! :)

UmassSlytherin said...

great post blb! lol! too funny!

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Anonymous said...

drives me crazy..you may be right..I don't doubt that the post plays out just as described. And for the record, yes, when my son's 18 yr old cousin brings her friends around, you better beleive he switches into the joe cool flirtatious mode ..and that is my whole point..my statement.."this simply reminds me of my son and his cousins."
It could be a number of situations.

FTR, yes,gingi, you are right, I know there have been an increasing number of nannies sleeping with charges . The fact that the "flirtatious" behavior was so public is what makes me think this is not a lecherous nanny hiding a relationship with her 13 yr old charge.

We are all entitled to our opinions on this blog and sometimes posts are questioned..for an open forum..that is appropriate.

And DMC..you are right..if they were not caregivers..no one is being harmed by us dis agreeing with the validity of this post. If they are care givers..mom & dad will recognize the descriptions and the nay-saying posts will not matter anyhow!(because mom & dad will kick some ass!)
See..we can all play nice on the board..we just have to make room for each other.


Diversity..is a curious thing!
Cheers!

Anonymous said...

I think its a different post that has been placed together to draw reference...
Maybe something is really going on between this so called nanny...
How are we really certain she really is the nanny anyway?/

V

Anonymous said...

I hearby christen thee 'does this moniker make my butt look big', as "poster of the day", lol.
Great job you've been doing!

UmassSlytherin said...

When I was a child I wanted Bo and Luke Duke to be my babysitters. :)

Anonymous said...

I think the original poster posted again to try to save herself from the backlash.

Anonymous said...

I think these posts are legit. When I was 23-25, I was the nanny for a teenage boy, and many people thought I was his friend or sister. Once, some older people even thought we were on a date when just the two of us went out to eat (We thought that was hilarious). I never romped around with him in a park, but I can definitely believe that this is a nanny frolicking with her teenage charge. Either she is clueless and has no idea how teenage boys think, or she likes the attention is some weird way. It could be harmless, but I think the parents should know about this!

Anonymous said...

thanks, cfg..you are too funny!!

Anonymous said...

Save myself from what? I am anonymous. You don't know me. I saw two nannies behaving in a way that I thought was wrong and posted about it. I don't need a bunch of people who weren't there to agree with me or disagree with me. What I would like is to alert the parents of the children who were being cared for by these nannies as to their conduct. That doesn't make me wrong. Cousins? Are you kidding me? The conduct would have made any aunt, uncle or mother uncomfortable if they were cousins. It would have fallen under incestuous, believe me. I would know, I was there.

I sent this post in one time and one time only.

Anonymous said...

OP..Maybe we simply need more info. There must be something you saw that we are unable to gather from the post.
There is a BIG difference between ruffling a boys hair with a piggyback ride and incestuous behavior?


You seem so intent that this could be NO other situation but that of a lecherous nanny with her young charge. You may be right . But do you see that some of us are trying to figure out WHY you are so sure it could be no other situation?

You never had an older sibling or cousin with hot friends that you had a crush on or flirted with?
Boy, they hung around our house like flies when I was a kid!

"cousins?Are you kdding me?" silly remark..I guess I was unclear..my son flirts with his cousins friends..not his cousin. Sorry if you did not get that.

But they do team up to play "chicken fights and they kick ass everytime!(She's on his shoulders in a swimsuit)laughing, joking smacking him in the head each time he almost drops her..they are great friends!) who knows what people think when they are out in public?

I hope for the kids sake you are wrong..if you are right, I too hope the parents read this.

I still am not convinced you KNOW these were nannies. Unless we hear from a parent of one of these children, I guess we will never know.

Anonymous said...

Still, we've all heard enough about the unbalanced female teachers who regress into their teens and get physically involved with their male students not to think this situation could be problematic or become so. I don't like the sounds of this, although I realize it could be totally innocent. Sometimes some not so totally innocent behavior can also erupt between cousins, however. Just a few thoughts to throw out there.

Anonymous said...

Two people got the ages correct enough to suggest too much difference in the ages for nanny to be grinding on the back of a teen.

Sick stuff, man.

And in plain site!
What happens after dark>?

Anonymous said...

Oh boy here is the duo in action again! Trying to discourage all from posting. You two should go somewhere else and have your own blog. Couple of know it all. And you know who you are....

IF this was a caregiver (I was a nanny for a family for 10 years and watched their oldest go off to college) it's inappropriate. We will really never know the full story but any grown person acting like that with a teenager is disgusting. Who mistakes a teenager for a 30 year old??? I don't doubt this is what the OPs saw just who knows the relationships and circumstances.
So give people a damn break will ya? God so annoying.

Anonymous said...

Gee, let us guess who your talking about? Duh.
Get a life, why don't you? It's a free world!

does this moniker make my butt look big said...

sick, this is a public, open forum. Instead of trying to monitor comments..why not just make a few like the rest of us and move on. Stop trying to pick a fight with your antogonistic name calling. Yes, there are a few of us who might not agree with the poster but our comments are constructive and I have yet to see anything as derogatory as your posts from those you might be speaking of, myself included.
Try letting others have their say just as you feel you are entitled to do..would,ya huhh?

UmassSlytherin said...

agreed, blb. :)

sick, you sound antagonistic. maybe you should get your own blog. If you do, I will read it and comment and stuff. I will be your fan, K? I like reading people's blogs and stuff.

Don't be sad, sick. It will be ok.

Anonymous said...

BEBE..are you ISYN's own self-appointed knight in shining armor? Why don't you give it and us a break already. You are damned annoying with your constant riding to the rescue of anone you think might be spoken against that you like. Your comment on the troll thrread made me smile because, you are one yourself, and don't even realize it.

Anonymous said...

Yeah I remember when this blog used to have interesting, in depth discussions. Yeah the trolls rolled in and attacked but overall it was all good.

Now it's mostly a bunch of kids here, I swear it's like Romper Room.

Anyway, I am not inclined to believe this post at all.

First, the nanny is 22-26 years old now she's between 25-30?
And that has to be a hell of a strong back on that 13 year old to heft up 180lbs.

Nope not buying it.

Anonymous said...

How can anyone have an indepth conversation with the blog is peppered by naysayers. Too many young cats on here who want to make it known that no nanny would ever, oh ever do harm.

Surely, you realize that if a bank is robbed by a short, hispanic man with a moustache, five witnesses are going to describe 5 different men.

Two people posted here. Maybe Jane should have just left it as two different postings, because some of you are too dumb to see that. But it isn't the first time.

I loate dumb people.

Go back to being anonymous so your ass can be deleted.

Anonymous said...

I loate dumb people too.

Oy!

:-)

Anonymous said...

Of course, it couldn't possibly be someone PRETENDING to be two different people posting OR two different people with an agenda against the woman sighted. NO, people would never post a false sighting on here, everything on this blog is the gospel truth!

I have a hard time believing two completely individual people witnessed the same incident and thought to report it here.

Still say 180 lbs is a lot to heft up a 13 year old back!

Still don't buy it. Sorry.

Anonymous said...

What is a loate? Hehehe!! Reminds me of My Cousin Vinnie. When judge says "what is a yewt?"

Anonymous said...

It's so funny that the goofiest post got so much attention and controversy. Oh well, that's entertainment for you.

Anonymous said...

Cali mom & JXJ
I laughed so hard at your post I almost peed myself, and it hit me just right because not 10 min. ago, I saw a comercial about that very scene on "My cousin Vinnie"!!

UmassSlytherin said...

lmfao!!!! love that movie! lol great, cali and jj!!! :)

Anonymous said...

You know, I gotta agree with TPFKAA. Something doesn't seem right here. But hey that's what this place is for. If it's perfectly innocent play among people, and she's not the sitter then no one can really get hurt.

Anonymous said...

Gimme a break
Hey, yeah. Why don't you gimme a break? Do you think for one second you calling me a troll bothers me? I laugh at you! Hahahaha!
And if you want to call me a knight in shining armor, then so be it, thank you!
I just don't like seeing other people get picked on,-- again, and again! It's really tiresome, and if that person just happens to be a poster that I like, then so be it.
I guess your just mad because no one has come to your rescue?
Hmmmm, I wonder why? Could it be that your just .... not ..... likable? Lmfao.

Anonymous said...

we've had two posters siting the same incident before and if this appeared as sordid as it sounds then it doesn't surprise me all that much that two people would report it or maybe after reading the first post- - the other poster decided to confirm the story

Anonymous said...

As the mother of two sons who have been 13-14 years old, I can say that a boy who has begun puberty by that age could certainly be large and strong enough to carry a 180 pound woman on his back. If he has not yet started puberty, he would probably still be too small and spindly. Mine were very tall and strong by that age, but still had a few classmates who looked like eight year olds.

And on the subject of puberty...since these boys would have probably had to be in full swing with that to have carried the sitters around so...it causes boys to think of ...well, you know....pretty much constantly all day and all night. There is likely very little physical contact with a well endowed female (let alone just seeing her) that does not at least bring certain thoughts to mind. There is not really such a thing as innocent and incidental touching of boobs (even on the back), or being straddled by a girl, when you are a teenage boy in the midst of puberty. Which is why at those ages my sons would never have thought of carrying on with any female relative in such a manner. It's too "girlfriend-like" and would have totally creeped them out. Now...a hot babysitter...that may be a different matter (although my boys were a bit shy, so she would have had to prompt a bit.)None of us female relatives rubbed our hands through their hair, or rode on them in the way described here...not cousins, sisters, grandmas, or me. MY sons girlfriends...yes...lots of head scratching and hair tousling. Because that's sort of teasing and enticing behavior.

While this may be an innocent sighting, there is enough that seems "off" to me here to raise serious questions in my mind. I believe that two separate OPs may very well have written it up and sent it in.

I have been mistaken for my oldest son's wife three times...but not because I was touching him. I give him hugs, but would not get on his back, tousle his hair or wrestle with him. Perhaps I sit closer to him, or speak to him in a more comfortable way than I might a non family member man...I don't know? MY sons have both requested that when we do ground fighting drills in our karate classes that they not work with me (and I feel the same way) because the wrestling is just a little creepy between mom and son. And they wouldn't do it with sis either. We don't allow our daughter to wrestle with boys in class either. We used to ...but puberty has hit..for everybody in the class...and its no longer appropriate.

UmassSlytherin said...

If had a son who was 13 or 14 and still needed a babysitter, I would put him in an afterschool/summer program. I don't think it is wise to have an adolescent boy paired up with a young babysitter, especially if she will be hanging out with her friends while doing it.

Jan74 said...

mom, so if a mother touches her son's hair, she is "sexually enticing him"? Jeez. Talk about issues with sexuality there.

Anonymous said...

Jan,
Nice try but you'll have to look elsewhere if its trouble you want.

I'm sure we all know the difference between touching our teenage sons' hair innocently and running our hands through it seductively, so I'll spare us all the list of appropriate and non appropriate touch with our children.

OP saw what she felt was inapporpriate touch, and I'm taking her word for it since she saw and I didn't.

As Cali would say...done...next.

Anonymous said...

hey mom, this is a bit off the subject but has to do with wrestling.
When my son was 14 he attended a Private all boys school. Much to our delight and surprise he joined the wrestling team.Do you know that thw wrestling here in our district is co-ed? Big shock to us.
My son was never paired up with a girl. Many of his team mates were though.
How intimidating. Some of the boys were very unwilling to grab a girl in the chest area or crotch area as often happens while wrestling. I felt horrible for the boys matched up with girls.
Can you imagine at 14 just how awkward it was for them. Especially for the boys raised by those of us a bit old fashioned...never hit a girl, never touch a girl in any private areas and always act like a gentleman around girls.This has been drilled into their minds since age 2. Just thought you would find that interesting. sorry to get off track here.

I still really think that these boys were either with female friends that were babysitting a younger sibling or with cousins who brought some friends along. Like I said, my son flirts alll the time with his cousins friends.. I believe the op saw what he or she saw..am just hoping it was not really a nanny riding a 14 yr olds back!JMO