{"id":109,"date":"2010-09-27T14:43:38","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T21:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/?p=109"},"modified":"2014-01-28T06:05:31","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T14:05:31","slug":"should-i-have-my-children-present-at-the-nanny-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/09\/27\/should-i-have-my-children-present-at-the-nanny-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I have my children present at the nanny interview?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Dr. Lindsay Heller, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenannydoctor.com\/\"><em>The Nanny Doctor<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This question is a very common question that I get from new moms. There are many layers to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/find-a-nanny\/nanny-interview-questions-tips.aspx\">nanny interview<\/a> process and many layers of screening candidates that needs to take place.\u00a0\u00a0Your children really don\u2019t need to be present until the very end of the process. Exposing your children needlessly to nannies who may or may not be their next nanny can leave them feeling anxious and uneasy. At first, you may choose to screen nanny candidates out via e-mail. Then you may choose to interview potential nannies over the phone where you continue to narrow your search. After that step, you may choose to Skype with them or meet them at a local coffee shop to see how you feel about them in person.\u00a0 Once you are pretty sure this candidate is \u201cthe one\u201d you can invite them to your house for an in-person interview where they can meet the kids. When you have this meeting, take care not to tell the children this may be their next nanny. Children may either attach themselves immediately or push this potential nanny candidate away if they know that this person may be their next nanny. Instead, have the nanny have a try-out day and tell the kids \u201cSusan\u201d is helping us out today. Watch how the children interact with her and see if it\u2019s a good fit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This question is a very common question that I get from new moms. There are many layers to the nanny interview process and many layers of screening candidates that needs to take place.  Your children really don\u2019t need to be present until the very end of the process. Exposing your children needlessly to nannies who may or may not be their next nanny can leave them feeling anxious and uneasy.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/09\/27\/should-i-have-my-children-present-at-the-nanny-interview\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[13,5,15,11,6,3],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiringananny","tag-hire-a-nanny","tag-httpwww-enannysource-comnanniesnanny-jobs-now-aspx","tag-nanny","tag-nanny-interview","tag-httpwww-enannysource-comfind-a-nannychildcare-nannies-aupairs-aspx","tag-httpwww-enannysource-comfind-nanny-jobnanny-work-aspx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}