Partnership with parents is part of good practice for all early years practitioners. But nannies will experience partnership in a different way from the key person role in a nursery. You are employed directly by the family and you work in their home. Live-in nannies additionally share that home as their own living space. So nannies have a more personal working relationship than in even the most family-oriented early years centre.
As a nanny you aim to develop a friendly working relationship with the parents of the children. But your position means that some situations will need to be handled with professionalism to the fore, rather than the choices you might make based on friendship. Families vary: some nannies will be employed by lone-parent households, some will relate more to one parent than another within a two-parent household, and some work for families where grandparents or other relatives are prominent in daily life.
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