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Ok, here's what happened.

I let the 21 month old sit on the counter next to me {much like the picture taken here, except his legs were down} while I washed three bowls. The dad came in and saw him there, and a couple of hours later, he and the mother fired me.

Some of you may be questioning my judgement on letting the little boy sit there and to that I can only say, I thought he was perfectly safe. He is very calm and usually stays put wherever you put him! I can see why the parents wouldn't want me to do that though, and of course, I understand. I do feel, though, that I should have been talked to about the safety concern instead of outright fired.

Needless to say, I was very hurt and disappointed. I was a very good nanny, and with the exception of this incident, have never jeopardized their children's safety in any way. I treated the children as if they were my own, even better than my own {sorry Elon!} and was always on time/early, loving, and motivated to do above and beyond what was required of me. The family gave me no notice and no severance pay, they gave me nothing except criticism of my "common sense." They did, however, say that this did not mean that they didn't think I was a "good person."

I have a hard time believing that I cannot be trusted because I put the child on the counter. If I thought that he might fall and I couldn't catch him, I wouldn't have done it. I question the real motives behind my termination, as there were some other things going on {the mother hated her job and wanted to quit and move back to MI}. I find it hard to believe that both they and I are Christians and they were able to so coldly let go of a person who taught their children Bible stories, prayed with them, etc.

I welcome your comments, even if they are in agreement with my poor judgement.