I saw a nanny today at the Houston zoo who wasn't watching the children in her care. She was on her cell phone the entire time and she would walk off and leave the kids looking at something. She would walk far enough off that she couldn't see the kids and on two occasions she left the exhibit completely with the kids still in there.At the monkey exhibit the youngest was still looking at the orangutan and the nanny walked off with the other two while calling over her shoulder for Walker to come on. He stood there and she continued to walk and was completely out of the area while he was still looking at the monkey.The same thing happened in the bird area. She was no where to be found and Walker came up to us and started looking at the birds. My sister in law and I looked around for his caretaker and about 5 minutes later she walks up and tells him to come on.
Nanny was Mexican, youngish probably in her early to mid twenties. She had a small white purse with her and she talked Spanish on her cell phone but from what I heard her say to the kids she spoke English very well.
She had 3 kids with her. Two boys and a little girl. The oldest looked to be around 5 and the youngest two might have been twins or they were very close in age. They looked to be around 3 and both looked potty trained. Walker had a striped shirt on and shorts and the little girl was carrying a well loved/worn yellow duck. All 3 kids were dressed in short sleeves and shorts and the little girl was in pink. The shorts were solid pink but the shirt had a design.
We saw her from around 9:30 am to 11:00 am.
She wasn't abusive to the kids but even in a city as relatively safe as Houston it's never a good idea to let a child wander off.
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