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Does a true professional resist emotional attachment? Jennie Lindon considers where feelings fit in As a nanny your job is closely entwined with family life in a way that does not happen if you work in a nursery. However, you share with nursery practitioners many of the emotional issues around the care of other people's children.

As a nanny your job is closely entwined with family life in a way that does not happen if you work in a nursery. However, you share with nursery practitioners many of the emotional issues around the care of other people's children.

Perhaps one of the potential problems is with the words 'professional nanny', since most other professions have much less of an emotional dimension. Anyone working with children, whether in a group setting such as a nursery or a family home as a nanny, has to acknowledge that having and being aware of your feelings is part and parcel of professionalism.

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