Complaint Against Nancy, American Au Pair

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Full name Unlock with Membership Known aliases Unlock with Membership Street address    Unlock with Membership City Unlock with Membership State Unlock with Membership Country Unlock with Membership Zip code Unlock with Membership More photos Unlock with Membership Complaint   >> Posted: Aug 15 '08 by Tracy in Kansas, United States Nancy joined our family on June 20th and stayed until Aug 7th,2008. She appeared to be a nice Christian girl who attended church regularly. She cared for our three boys, ages 11,4 and 2. I found out from my 11 yr old that she had been mistreating them. He was afraid to say anything while she was still with us. She repeated yelled at and rough handled the two younger boys. Several times she didn't feed them and told them to wait until mom got home. He said she would frequently punish the boys by locking them in the bedroom. My 2yr old was almost potty-trained but is now terrified of his potty. On Aug 7th I asked her to watch the kids Aug 8th and she agreed. Normally it would have been her day off, she was however paid in advance on July 31st for Aug2nd-8th. Later that evening she left a rude message on my phone saying sorry she can’t watch the kids. She claimed we owe her money and refused to return my house key until we pay her more money. During our conversation she was very flip and yelled and cursed the whole time. Her behavior was so out of character from the quiet shy girl we knew. I don’t know if she was drunk or on drugs at the time but I felt she was a threat to my family and called the police. I got a restraining order and changed the locks on my doors. To this day she continues to harass my family and I. She calls my home and my job and sends me threatening emails. Comment   >> Posted: Aug 16 '08 by Nancy in Kansas, United States I would like to defend myself in this posting. I never mistreated the boys. I did implement time outs which did tend to be a problem with the 4 year old, as they are with any 4 year old who is not used to disciple. I would often have to repeatedly pick him up and place him back on his bed. He also would hit and kick me when he was upset so there were times I would hold his hands or feet away from me so that he wouldn't kick or hit me while I was talking to him about why he was being placed in time out. I never once locked them in a room. As for with holding food, I fed them breakfast, lunch, and dinner at appropriate times when I had them during those meal times. I would however tell them they could not have junk food in between and if they refused to eat their lunch and then immediately ask for junk I would tell them no. And yes I did often tell them that they could ask their mom when she got home and if she wanted to let them have it that was her choice. As for the issues with my last day, the voice mail I left was very polite an apologetic as I did feel bad I wasn't able to help them out with that last day but I had plans that could no longer be changed because she waited until she returned home from work that evening to ask me to work the next morning. I also was never paid in advance and I am still owed one weeks pay. As for the allegations that I was drunk or on drug honestly makes me laugh as I have to be in extreme pain to even take an over the counter pain med. As for being drunk I have never been drunk in my life, I'm not a big drinker at all as I can't stand the taste of almost all alcoholic beverages. I have also posted a complaint about this family and I believe this complaint is in response to mine, please feel free to check it out. I must say I have learned a lot from this family of what to ask, do and not do in the future. If you would like a more detailed explanation as to the falseness of this complaint please feel free to contact me as I have the truth on my side and have nothing to hide!