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[rivka]

I'm writing back to nanny job applicants.

There just isn't any way of saying "I'm sorry, but we're really not looking for someone with wholesome family values to take care of our children", is there?

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[rivka.livejournal.com]

That's approximately what I said. She didn't seem mean or anything - I just don't think a conservative Christian nanny is our thing.

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

We had a fairly conservative Christian student as Casper's first, part-time nanny, and she was really great. The fact that the other family she was nannying for had the last name Hacohen did reassure me at first! Knowing her was a wonderful lesson for me that people can have conservative religious beliefs but also be personally tolerant; she did a great job of acknowledging what our values were (i.e. feeding on demand, no crying to nap - Casper was 3-9 months old) and caring for Casper accordingly, even though the family she had nannied for the longest, from her church at home, used Babywise.