Location: uptown 1 train in Manhattan at 5:30 this evening, little girl and nanny got off at 96th St.Child: little girl, white, about 4 or 5, pink parka, green tights, backpack with cars on it, shoulder-length dark hair with a pink barrette, sneakers with pink shoelaces.
Nanny: Indian subcontinent maybe, looked to be in her 20s, camouflage pants, black parka, glasses, single braid in her hair.
The nanny and child got on a crowded train and the nanny did not look at, touch or speak to the tiny kid. At first I wasn't sure they were together and looked around to see who the kid's caregiver might be. The little girl found an empty seat and sat about 15' from where the nanny stood eating Ritz crackers and in her own world totally. We sat directly across from the child. The nanny never looked at her during a 15-20 minute trip, never spoke to her, didn't seem to feel obliged to be near the girl. She seemed completely uninvolved with the kid. The little girl fell deeply asleep, and when we pulled into 96th St the nanny walked over to get her. The child had trouble waking up, the nanny didn't pick her up (even though she was very small), but instead dragged her off the train crying sleepily. This nanny displayed no warmth or care whatsoever for this little girl. This sweet-looking little girl deserves better.
I don't carry the five-year-old girl I care for. She's too heavy. I can't even carry the two-year-old very far.
ReplyDeleteWTF. Call the police! The big bad nanny didn't fawn all over this angelic little Precious Moments child!!! Lady, step off.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the point of the post is that she didn't carry her off the train, although OP states that "she was very small". The nanny was too far away, and not keeping an eye on the child on a crowded subway. Would you want your child in that situation? Probably if she had stood over her, and chatted, or played I spy, the child would not have fallen asleep in the first place.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an awful nanny to me.
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ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteOP, your post is worthy. Like you, I posted here thinking it was a clearing house for just this sort of posting, a way to possibly alert a parent who might have doubts about their sitter. Apparently the site is also home to a community of strange, angry women who vent spleen at posters, in a way that makes you wonder if they are, themselves, crappy babysitters who hang around checking to see if someone has reported them yet.
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