What Questions to Ask Potential Nanny

We’ve gone through a couple interviews with potential nannies… like most things in parenthood we turned to the internet for some suggestions.  This time we were looking for questions to ask a potential nanny.  We found some good resources. 

On one website, we went through multiple questions on this website.  Good stuff like:

    • How do you handle a crying baby? How do you feel when dealing with a crying baby?
    • What do you see as your primary responsibility to a child this age?
    • What activities would you engage in with a child this age?
    • How long do you think a baby should be left to cry?

Then we kept reading getting more and more information about what questions to ask.  Then we read this “suggested” question:

  • What are your thoughts about masturbation?
  • How would you handle it if you noticed that my (insert age) was masturbating?

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…

5 comments:

I would hope the nanny would say.. Leave them alone and let the parents deal with that..

May 5, 2010 at 4:51 AM  
Susie said...

Ha ha! You just wait! He'll find himself one day so I suppose it's a valid question if parents are having a tough time dealing with it already. My kindergarten teacher friend said that every year she dealt with little girls humping corners of desks. Can you imagine the awkwardness of that phone call to the parents?

May 5, 2010 at 5:21 AM  
Chelsea said...

I hope you're prepared for the Google Searches you're going to get....

May 5, 2010 at 9:40 AM  
Pippy said...

I don't know which made me laugh harder, the post or Chelsea's comment.

May 5, 2010 at 5:33 PM  

Better yet ask the Nanny her thoughts on "the Contest". You can cover masturbation and Seifeld. Win Win.

May 7, 2010 at 1:02 PM