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1!FridgeBrilliance
2* One of the reasons why the Brown children never try anything more severe than pretending to have the measles around Nanny [=McPhee=] to drive her off, is that they were probably concerned about her making it a reality. Them pretending to have eaten Baby Aggie, like they did to drive away Nanny Whetstone, could well have had Nanny [=McPhee=] make it so they had literally eaten Baby Aggie.
3!FridgeHorror
4* Tying into FridgeBrilliance: The kitchen scene where Nanny [=McPhee=] forces the children to keep playing and nearly catapult their baby sister into boiling water:
5** Nanny [=McPhee=] would never have put the children in harm, her primary purpose is to help the families she's assigned to. Aggie was never in any actual danger. Other than the surface-level lesson she teaches about the importance of "please", she was showing them what would've happened if the children kept the "out-of-control" behaviour they did: the children would've hurt the baby themselves eventually.

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