City nannies fear the horrific slaying of the two Krim children will make parents think twice before leaving their kids with a professional caretaker.
“People are looking at you to say, ‘I wonder if she’s a killer, too,’ ” Carline Williams, 49, said as she left flowers to pay her respects to Leo and Lucia Krim, 2 and 6, who were allegedly slain by nanny Yoselyn Ortega, 50, on Thursday.
“There’s not going to be the trust you used to have,” added Williams, a nanny for 24 years who works for a family on the Upper West Side.
“There’s going to be this thought: ‘Is she next?’ ”
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Bebe Matan, 53, who cares for two kids, 15 and 11, said the unspeakable tragedy was a huge blow to her profession.
“I’m sure most parents are going to look at their nannies in different ways just because one nanny did this,” she said. “Mothers should be interviewing nannies more and making sure they know who they bring into their lives and their homes.”
Carla Samuel, 24, said nannies are shocked, adding, “We’re not all the same people.”
“I love this little munchkin,” she said, kissing her 18-month-old charge on the forehead.
Erica Marshad, owner of the Nanny Agency of the Hamptons, said parents should check every reference and talk to every possible previous employer in person or on the phone.
“I make sure I check multiple references to make sure everything checks out. I do everything myself. I won’t sleep at night if I take somebody’s word that a reference is good,” said Marshad, who opened the staffing agency in 1995
Robyn Moore, 37, says she won’t have a nanny for her 2-year-old girl.
“I’m stay-at-home, but we don’t even have a night sitter,” Moore said. “You do background checks, and it comes out good, but you never really know. We just stick to family.”