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[quote=Anonymous]I think the day has finally come that people feel so entitled to someone else's money that they can rationalize asking for anything.  Babysitting is a low-paid, unskilled job with zero formal requirements needed to call yourself one. You need a pulse. That's it.

Being a nanny is also *not* a formal title which is why there are so many people calling themselves *nannies* who are actually full time babysitters (for now) who believe this will help them get more per hour. I can work 40 hours, I must be a nanny! You can be, because this is also a job title that requires no actual education, formal training or qualifications to call yourself one.

We all want the best for our kids. It's not being cheap to do the best you can do. There has never EVER been a time in history where someone is able to demand a wage they believe an unskilled and unlicensed job should pay simply because of the cost of living in the area. Yes, you can force minimum wage, but that isn't the wage being expected in this conversation.

Not all jobs will pay a living wage in DC. They simply won't.

I'm so tired of these threads. Hire a nanny with experience and education and pay their worth. Hire the reliable sitter who shows up for the wage you can afford.

Ignore the crazy people who think that if they can't live on a babysitter wage without a second person contributing to rent that there is something wrong with the wage. Maybe there is something wrong with the job choice.
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