I worked as a nanny for two years and let me assure you most every professional child-caregiver I've ever known would have NEVER given a child an unknown beverage. Most day care centers require the you have a minimum of an associates degree to be a teachers aide and a bachelors to be a teacher. Also all teachers are required to have a bachelors in their field or education to teach anything real. You can only teach how much you yourself know. Every homeschool kid I've ever known (and I've known a great deal of them) are either weird brilliant social misfits, or they're morons who can't read at a third grade level at 16. Unless you are educated enough to prepare your children to be a value in society, leave education to the professionals.

You sound scarily controlling....

OP doesn't sound like a professional nanny to me, more like a teenager from the neighborhood that gets paid a few bucks to babysit from time to time, like so many teenagers do at some point. I certainly hope that a trained professional would NOT make such a mistake. If you're concerned about your children being in good hands, be careful about the people you choose. And please don't use hidden nannycams, secretly filming someone because you don't trust them is not a nice thing to do. I've worked as a nanny, and I would've immediately left a job if I would have found out the parents were secretly filming me!

I knew a woman who had your exact attitude when she was raising her son. He now completely hates her, but is totally dependent on her. While plenty of time with Mom is great for healthy development, never leaving Mom's side can be highly detrimental.

#228 My friend is like that and he is 26. There is a point in your child's life where you need to let them go!

The fact that anyone thumbed this down is mind blowing to me.

Exactly. What if the child was allergic to alcohol and she got really sick? My husband is allergic to it and can't drink it without having his throat swell shut.