I have recieved the nickname of Super Nanny from my high school friends. They tell me there is not a kid I am not able to handle. I would definitly NOT go that far,but I do LOVE kids. This summer I secured a nanny job with 3 boys, ages 5, 7, and 9. The biggest lesson I learned? Boys are EXTREEMLY different than girls! It should be obvious to an "old time pro" but these boys are totally taken over by cartoons, frog hunting, snake chasing, and beating each other up.
While I had them they mellowed slightly to frog hunting and disney movies. In observing them over the weeks it finally struck me, boys are just wired different. (lightbulb moment, i know) They do not want to sit down, and read a book. They do not want to play quietly inside all day, instead they want to run, and play, and catch things that make girls go eww, and to be boys.
So, after caring for a boy with a cut foot, having a boy hit his head on a rock in a pond, chase after all three at a public pool, and sit down and watch "Up" with them, God had given me an appreciation for boys. Thank you for making boys and girls different.
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