We interviewed a nanny yesterday, and asked her our standard question: how do you effectively look after two young kids, who are just 18 months apart, at the same time?
She paused, then replied: “I pray.” She explained that she will ask God to keep the children safe while in her care.
While I admire her religious devotion, I worry that she might think that prayer takes some of the responsibility for the kids’ safety off of her. I imagined coming home to find one of the kids injured, and hearing her say: “It was God’s will.”
Maybe I’m overreacting. If she had mentioned prayer as her third, or even second option for helping her to watch over the kids, I would have felt a bit better. But as the first response, it made me think that perhaps we should look for someone who relied more on themselves, rather than their God, to help look after our kids.
Reverse Culture Shock 
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