A Nairobi father has shared his heartbreak and disappointment after watching how his househelp treated his little daughter while he was away at work. Nevy Jackson shared what he saw while reviewing his home CCTV. Source: Facebook Nevy Jackson explained that his young daughter Evny missed school on Thursday, September 25, as she was under the weather and thus spent the day at home with the nanny. In a Facebook post, Nevy said that while at work, he logged into the home CCTV to check how his daughter was doing, and he was surprised to watch how the househelp treated the little girl.
Nevy Jackson’s kitchen garden He explained that in his kitchen garden are strawberries, which he and his wife planted so that their children could have fond memories of picking and eating them while fresh.This means that the adults in Nevy’s household do not eat the strawberries, so that they can be enough for the kids. “But lately, I’ve noticed something disheartening. Our nanny has made it a silent competition with the children on who gets to eat the strawberries first. Watching my kids rush out, excited only to find the fruits gone before they can even touch them, breaks my heart,” he said. How did Nevy Jackson’s househelp treat his daughter? And so on Thursday afternoon, he watched on his home CCTV as the househelp and little Evny went to the garden to pick the strawberries. However, to the dad’s utter surprise and disappointment, he watched as the househelp denied his daughter a chance to eat the strawberries to her fill.
He heartbreakingly watched as the househelp only allowed Evny to eat two, so that she could eat the rest. Nevy said his daughter tried to ask the nanny for more, and even asked her to keep some aside for her sibling, but the domestic worker would have none of that. “Wewe kula hizi mbili sababu wewe ni mtoto, na mimi nikule hizi tano,(you eat two because you are a child. I will eat these five),” the househelp told the little girl. Nevy said he is now considering letting go of the nanny due to her selfishness and ill treatment of his little girl, adding he is also scared of playing the entire CCTV footage to see what else the nanny has been up to. “I know to some this may sound petty, but it’s not just about strawberries, it’s about selflessness, care, and the little sacrifices that make childhood special. When someone you count on to nurture your children begins to put their own cravings above the joy of those little ones, it leaves you questioning so much,” he said.
By Racheal Nyaguthie
