Recently when a group of Philly nannies were exchanging funny stories from our experiences with children, I was reminded of something that happened when I was a nanny for the "Lake" family. There were 3 children in this family, who were probably 9,7, and 4 when this incident occurred. These were very bright, creative kids who played well together. They weren't allowed to watch a lot of television, but the one show they chose to watch week after week was one of those shows where people built robots and then made them fight each other. The boys were obsessed! When they received TinkerToys for Christmas, they immediately started using them to build "robots." It wasn't long before their "robots" were ready to have a battle! "Macy," who is the oldest, used the Fisher Price cassette player (the one with the microphone) to call the play-by-play. When the arena was all set up they begged me to come play with them. I said, "Wait.. if you two are competing and Macy is the announcer - who do I get to be?" Without missing a beat Macy said, "You can be the drunk guy in the cheap seats!" I'm convinced that kids only learn this type of thing in Philadelphia....
-Charlotte Hilliker
nanny for 14 years
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