Nanny cam shows rough handling

A worried mom's hidden camera revealed that her nanny wasn't providing safe care for her preemie twins. WRAL reports.

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Sorry but I watched the whole video and I saw nothing criminal
The worst she did was carry the baby by her clothes.
Are we so far from our roots that if our precious possessions are not treated like fragile china we flip and scream abuse
Children learn from mistakes
When the baby fell forward my first impressions was this is how they learn balance
It all started when nut jobs yelled abuse at parents who slapped their kids hands to keep them from shoplifting in the check out line at stores

Yes the parents have the right to fire the baby sitter
But to call this abuse is typical of the problems we face now and more extensive in the future!!

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Oh Baack....please tell me you're joking.

I don't have sound so I don't know exactly how old they are, but being a 4 time mom I think I have a pretty decent grasp on right and wrong regarding how to 'handle' a baby. These are YOUNG babies, and preemies are many times physically not as mature as term babies of the same age...and far too young to physically understand 'balance'. The nanny was blatantly neglectful in allowing a baby that young to flop off that pillow and potentially onto the floor...and just walk by that child ignoring him/her. If I EVER saw a woman handle a baby by their clothing in the rough manner she did, which was very careless and harsh, I'd probably call DFS on her.

I'm not one of those hardcore 'don't spank your kids' type of moms...my kids have had a slap on the butt when NEEDED. But this has NOTHING to do with 'teaching' children...this has to do with the demeanor of someone who very obviously doesn't like what she's doing and should not under any circumstances be caring for infants. Babies don't brake easily...but they deserve to be handled with a little TLC.

I meant to add...no, nothing actually *criminal* actually happened. You are right. BUT...the ignoring of a child that obviously could roll off a couch could be considered endangerment or neglect, even if not to the extent of it being a criminal offense.

The child's neck was flipped, flopped, thrown to the side of the couch, the quasi nani had the child on the edge of the couch so many times it was frightening....

I spent most of the time watching this video while cringing, hoping nothing fatal would happen.

What a mess!

Clearly, Baack has never cared for a child. I HOPE this is true, right Baack? If not, please do not ever attempt to baby sit any human child, because this is some of the worst treatment I have ever seen on film.

Very well put, Mrs. Skidmarks!! It's not criminal but it sure isn't loving care and that child could have fell off that couch very easily - and that could have been very bad indeed.

And she "flings" them about - not loving care at all. Yes, it's not criminal but I'd never want a woman like that caring for my children.

My kids were smacked on the butt as they grew up, they were taught right and wrong, but they were never handled roughly when they can't even hold up their head!!!

It's just wrong. These kids are way too young to be treated this way. I'd have fired her, too.

Take responsibility for your own children. It is the mother & father's job to raise the children, not a nanny. If you do not have time to take care of your children then don't have them.

One of those parents should be home to raise them. My wife stayed home until our were in school.

Mark

Bravo!!

Exactly!! And for those who say "I can't afford to stay home" - don't have kids then. You have to earn in excess of $35,000 a year to justify having a child in daycare. Otherwise, it's cheaper to stay home.

And for those who say, "Being a stay at home mom is boring" - don't have kids. If you raise your children properly, you will not be bored EVER because raising a child is a 24/7/365 job for those of us who do it well.

Yep I have three and they have very strong necks
My middle one I would throw in the air all the while he would giggle and laugh.
Yes there is a difference they are mine
I wasn't baby sitting some one else's kids
For all you people who think this was bad
Go help the kids that really need it
All I am saying is that in the world of bad things happening, this does not even come close to being terrible
And this made front page news, the real horrors are hidden and forgot about.

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While I agree with 'raising your own kids', as I have done with my 4...what needs to be realized is that there are people who start out with every intent of doing so and things can happen to change all that. Also, I think it a bit selfish to say that if you aren't going to stay home with them, don't have them at all. Even people who place their children in the care of others deserve to have children if they so wish and are just as loving and caring and sometimes even more so than those who are SAHM's. I think condemning people because of having to bring in an income is a bit harsh, IMHO.

BUT...back to the topic of the thread...the NANNY is the one who should be *condemned* here for HER handling of those babies...not the parents. That's just off track, really. Thank God those parents had the sense and love for their children to try to ensure their safety by *spying*.