ETA: if it were in full view I wouldn't care. Not my house, not my rules...but if inhere being filmed without my knowledge I'd be uncomfortable. As a parent-to-be, I might consider it, but not a concealed one.
Would I use one? Yes, but I would also let the person know. Having said that I would only use it if the person was unknown to me, and I didnt have anyone I know available to babysit and I had no other choice by to leave my children.
In my opinion it is different then FDC or daycare in that the person would not be around other adults, by making the person aware of a nanny cam it kind of acts as a moral anchor another adult would normally provide (i.e keeping temper under control, no hitting/biting the child). Having said that, a nanny cam would only pick up once an act has been done, bit to late if any serious damage was done.
Yep, I definitely would, no hesitation... it would put my mind at ease big time.
Like Lime said, it's not about not trusting a person, but not knowing them at all.
I guess I would let them know there were cameras.. although the thought occurs that if they didn't know, then it would really be a case of 'what you see is what you get' - good and bad.
And also - we were in a situation once where one of our children made accusations against someone we did know. So sometimes, knowing a person isn't knowing them.
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