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Step 5:
Setting the guidelines
Decide on one or two applicants, and meet with them again. This time, state your expectations in greater detail, and specify which rules are negotiable and which ones aren't. If you don't ask direct and specific questions, you're setting the scene for future miscommunication and problems. Figure out what is important to you and your family. Below is a suggested list of points to bring up--consider providing a copy for the applicant to keep as a guideline.
Television and music rules for the caregiver and children.
Personal use of telephone; message-taking procedures.
Personal visitors for the caregiver.
Off-limits areas of your home and possessions.
Transportation: Whose car is driven, who pays for gas, what are the seat belt rules, where can the caregiver take the children (park, mall, movies)?
Meal and snack preparation.
Does your family have special dietary restrictions (vegetarian, Kosher)? If so, set some guidelines on whether or not you want the nanny preparing foods like meat or pork for themselves in your home. Be very clear on what should and should not be fed to the children.
Discipline methods: Be clear on your position on spanking or the time-out practice (See Keywords). Communicate what you prefer to be done.
How to respond to emergencies (include a helpful neighbor, nearby relatives as well as work telephone numbers.)
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