To Nanny or Not to Nanny

Do you use a nanny? Would you? As a stay-at-home dad, I see a lot of nannies at work in the parks. Maybe this is just the case around the East Bay (I have seen this in both Alameda and Albany), but I would never trust my child with these people.

Most of the time the nannies are either talking on the phone or with one another, but they are not paying attention to the children. Often, they seem to have too many children to look after as well.

Just the other day, a child ran off and the nanny did not even notice. A nearby worker who was using a leaf blower to clean out gutters noticed the child and had to call over to the nanny to get him. This was not an enclosed park, there were no fences, there were streets nearby, and there was construction going on nearby. This nanny was lucky that someone else was looking out for the child, and so were the parents.

Smart Parents

A friend sent this to me recently, and I find it a little alarming.  Additionally, this just lessens my view of humanity.  I really do hate evil people.  Why is it that I have to worry about something like this; why are these people in the world that would try to track my child down through this technology; why can't we find them and pull a Superman (jettison them into the sun)?  Luckily, I believe that I already had my location storage turned "off" on my phone.  Something to think about for anyone posting pictures from a phone.