{"id":14637,"date":"2026-04-19T07:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=14637"},"modified":"2026-04-19T07:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:14:19","slug":"my-11-year-old-son-convinced-me-to-install-a-camera-in-the-basement-nanny-does-bad-things-down-there-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=14637","title":{"rendered":"My 11-Year-Old Son Convinced Me to Install a Camera in the Basement \u2013 \u2018Nanny Does Bad Things Down There\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Jenna\u2019s 11-year-old son Ethan said their nanny Talia was hiding something in the basement, she dismissed it\u2014until he insisted she locked the door, lied about chemicals, and met someone there. He\u2019d also grown oddly distrustful of his father, Derek.<\/p>\n<p>Concerned, Jenna hid a camera in the basement. The next day, she got an alert and watched Talia go in\u2014then Derek followed and kissed her. Shocked, Jenna saved the video and acted normal while planning.<\/p>\n<p>That night at a family dinner, she played the footage. Silence fell. Derek had no excuse. Calmly, Jenna announced she was filing for divorce.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan held her hand, relieved she believed him. Even Derek\u2019s mother sided with Jenna. Apologies came, but she refused. The marriage ended, the divorce finalized weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>Derek still saw Ethan, but trust was gone. Ethan slowly healed, growing stronger. The basement remained locked, the camera a reminder: secrets don\u2019t stay hidden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>When Jenna\u2019s 11-year-old son Ethan said their nanny Talia was hiding something in the basement, she dismissed it\u2014until he insisted she locked the door, lied <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=14637\" title=\"My 11-Year-Old Son Convinced Me to Install a Camera in the Basement \u2013 \u2018Nanny Does Bad Things Down There\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14639,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14637\/revisions\/14639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}