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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's unreasonable to expect families to pay for their nanny's maternity leave, if only because I think it will just lead to people hiring only older nannies. I also don't think it's hypocritical to be arguing for society wide TAX-PAYER sponsored maternity leave and not wanting to pay your nanny's maternity leave out of your own pocket.

However.... for those of you that hire nannies, and those nannies either don't get any paid maternity leave, or their salary isn't high enough to save for maternity leave.... don't you feel kind of icky that your lifestyle depends on such poorly paid labor?

I guess if I had to be the devil's advocate and answer that, you could still say "no I don't feel bad because if you're going to be a nanny, then you shouldn't expect to have children." I think that is a valid thing to say.

Just an interesting thing to think about.[/quote]

Then one would also feel icky when getting any service of lower paid professions. Barristas at coffee shops, nail salon employees, checkout staff at Giant, maintenance guy in apartment building, etc. I don't think 3K per month with paid vacation is so poorly paid for someone with no other skills and no education. What she saves/doesn't save is truly not my business, these are decisions by another adult that I am not accountable for. Being able to randomly pony up 9K cash for her maternity at any given point is not something I'd be willing to entertain. If OP is doing that for her nanny by sacrificing elsewhere - she can give her self a pat on the back. But that's that.[/quote]

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