tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34539368.post5516529889472113050..comments2024-02-28T02:49:44.339-06:00Comments on Oooh Baby Green Living, Recipes and Parenting Ideas: NANNY CAMS are NOT LIFE SAVERS! WAKE UP!Unique Baby Gear Ideashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02951126272568314611noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34539368.post-89001399403816872212008-10-20T18:30:00.001-05:002008-10-20T18:30:00.001-05:00I agree with the first comment...growing up with a...I agree with the first comment...growing up with a nanny I had suffered emotional stress at a very young age. After my mother died my father had hired a nanny for us. Unbeknownst to our father this lady would abuse us four boys physically and verbally. So when I read this article I "Nanny cams are not life savers!wake up!" I feel that this is not the voice of a working parent. This is a very very ignorant comment. What if a mother who works on a low budget cannot afford to constantly look after her child? One might say that she should quit her job and let her husband do the work. Okay well what if she does not have a husband? Well lily said that we should put children in a child care center where there is a caretaker and other children. That sounds like a good idea lily but I think you forgot that child care costs MONEY. Lily you may say that the mother should take that money out of her paycheck to put the child in a day care. Saying this is equivalent to saying that the family should not eat for a couple of months. Maybe the family should just starve. Or maybe the mother should stop paying her rent on the apartment she is living in. So now she can live out on the streets in the cold with her little baby and die. Or maybe she should just stop paying her electric bill and the family should just forget about everyday living. Is that what you are saying Lily and Bryan. I strongly don't believe that you are saying this. What I am saying is that you need to look outside your little bubble and look at this with different eyes. Step into someone else's shoes. So what is the lower class working mother supposed to do now? She has no choice but to go to work and pray to God day and night that the lady she has hired for a nanny will suit the job. And yes Bryan the mother should have a vigilant eye on her children as any parent should just in case she spots something out of the ordinaryElliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692789861638402266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34539368.post-59548341817922124692008-03-04T16:35:00.000-06:002008-03-04T16:35:00.000-06:00Its ture that nany cam may tell you what happened ...Its ture that nany cam may tell you what happened behind your back. But you will only know after it has happened. I wouldn't trust the scenario of leaving my child alone in the house with a stranger, nany cam or no nany cam. If I had to go to work, I'll rather put her in a child care, where there are many care givers as well as many children. I really don't think nany cams are the way to ensure the scurity of your child.lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16200487358432980421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34539368.post-70132162477606067352008-03-04T14:28:00.000-06:002008-03-04T14:28:00.000-06:00Nanny cams are not the answer to childcare scrutin...Nanny cams are not the answer to childcare scrutiny. I wouldn't dream of leaving my child with a stranger! Even the people you know should arouse scrutiny when it comes to the welfare of your children! Sure, a nanny cam might be good for recording abuse, but how do you undo the harm, after the fact?<BR/>A nanny cam just records events, it doesn't stop them from happening!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34539368.post-81941058710451078732008-03-04T12:34:00.000-06:002008-03-04T12:34:00.000-06:00While it is better to have a nanny cam than nothin...While it is better to have a nanny cam than nothing, I agree with you that electronics are no substitute for parental vigilance. In some cases, a nanny cam can help you discover that an abusive person is looking after your kids, but it only works AFTER abuse of some kind has taken place already! You don't want your children to be abused in the first place because they'll have to live with the consequences for the rest of their lives, so that's why I agree with you. Parents need to do everything possible to prevent abuse from taking place, not just act quickly when they discover abuse is taking place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34539368.post-17001038107219158942008-03-04T11:04:00.000-06:002008-03-04T11:04:00.000-06:00Nanny cams are no substitute for runnung backgroun...Nanny cams are no substitute for runnung background checks, cheching references, word-of-mouth, and trusting one's caregiver. Come home a little early or conduct spot checks if need be, and use your powers of observation: is your child acting normally after receiving care from your caregiver? Use common sense and look for any unexplained, out of the ordinary bumps and bruises or excessive sleepiness.<BR/>Vigilance is important even with a trusted caregiver, but the tools all exist within you already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34539368.post-4062859449726314572008-03-03T19:38:00.000-06:002008-03-03T19:38:00.000-06:00That is a very ignorant comment. Some parents (li...That is a very ignorant comment. Some parents (like myself) have no choice but to go to work and leave their baby with a nanny...it's difficult to find someone trustworthy and oftentimes, you are forced to go with someone you don't know very well. You try to make the best decision you can, but are never certain. This is why nanny cams are a good idea. Someone may appear caring and sweet and may be entirely different once the parent is gone. So to say parents should just stay home with their own kids is a great idea and the ideal situation for most, but many cannot afford it. Before you blame the parents, make sure they even have a choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com