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[quote=Anonymous]I think this depends on what you are looking for and the nanny.  With the exception of this last year, we have always needed part-time care (~20 hours per week) after school/daycare.  20-something college or grad students have been perfect for this.  In that time frame, I'm really just looking for someone to transport the kids from A to B, play with them, and handle snacks / easy dinner.  I need someone with energy and creative ideas, not necessarily a more experienced manager type.

Last year due to the pandemic and having an infant around, we hired a full time nanny for the first time.  She was 25 and a military wife with no kids of her own and she was awesome.  She managed home schooling my older 2 kids (now 4 and 7), cared for my youngest from 5-13 mos., helped with laundry, cooked dinner for all of us and cleaned up after the kids.  She left for health reasons (not related to pregnancy or the pandemic) & I'm still sad.  Now all three kids are in school/daycare, so we're back to the part-time need.  We have a 25 year old student again and she seems to be working out well so far, though she's certainly not as in-control as her predecessor.  Again, I think this is a personality/experience thing, not an age thing.  These two ladies are 1 month apart in age.  One common characteristic that I think all of our nannies have had and I look for is younger siblings that they helped care for in some capacity.  It's not the same as being a mom yourself of course, but I think it's the next best thing.

That's my long way of saying experience and personality matter more than age and, if you're looking for part-time hours due to your kids getting older, you might struggle to get the professional nannies that seem to dominate the infant market.  [/quote]

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