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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a nanny (who's parents are also disappointed in my choice) I don't think spending some time as a nanny is a terrible thing, but I wouldn't encourage her to make a career out of it. I've been nannying since I was 19 (now 24) and honestly I'm bored and burnt out. There is no advancement, nithing to really shoot for, and it can be tedious after a time. I'm finishing up school now and cannot wait to be finished nannying. All of that being said, I'm glad that I did it.

I've used nannying to pay for school and live on my own, which has taught me a lot about money management and made me more independent than many of my peers. I have real work and business experience, and I've learned to negotiate and advocate for myself as a professional in a way many of my peers have not had to. There is also something humbling about essentially being a servant that I think has been character building. I have a lot more respect for those in thankless serving positions. There is a lot of growing that your daughter can do working a job like this, and it would be great as a gap year, but not a career. [/quote]

Nanny here and I agree 1000% !  I am also working on getting out of the nanny field. I love the kids I care for now, and my time as a nanny. I appreciate what I have learned, and honestly think I will be more empathetic to working parents in my future career than had I gone straight to school, but I wouldn't recommend it as a life choice it is tough and doesn't leave you with many options you are completely at the whim of your employer and those big paying gigs are hard to come by. Compromise with a gap year.[/quote]

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