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07.22.08, 20:13 PM General Topics
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i asked about the ethnicity of nannies because i am having problems with my jamaican nanny and i think a lot of it may be cultural so i am wondering what nannys from other ethnicities are like. i know this is a general question and i am a very open-minded person, but any thoughts are appreciated. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.22.08, 08:13 PM Flag
 

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I think with any childcare-giver, although they may heed your wishes, a huge frame of reference for how they deal with children is how they were raised. If they are older, from a different culture, etc., they may have very different experiences and norms for how children should behave, what they should be doing at certain ages, ideas about feeding and breastfeeding, etc., etc. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.22.08, 08:17 PM Flag
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I think it has to do with your nanny and not the fact that she is jamaican. Different americans hold different values. So do different jamaicans. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.22.08, 08:19 PM Flag
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This is true, there is definitely personal component, but there is also a cultural one. The stereotypes have come about for a reason. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.23.08, 07:20 AM Flag
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I know this will sound terrible, but I hired a Jamaican nanny after my long-time nanny left to stay home with her baby. It was a disaster and I fired her after 2 months. Loved my old nanny, love my current nanny, but the jamaican nanny was horrible. After I fired her about 20 people told me that I never should have hired a jamaican nanny (including my old nanny's carribean friends, my housekeeper whose dd is married to a jamaican man, and many friends who had fired jamaican nannies). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.23.08, 07:11 AM Flag
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