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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We found our nanny through neighbors after a bunch of bad interviews.  She had nannied for another family and the mom who recommended her to us was friends with them and had met her at the bus stop.  It was luck.  But maybe talk to your neighbors or people at your preschool or wherever and see if you can gt any leads.  Our youngest starts school in the fall and another family down the street has already asked me about hiring our nanny at that time.[/quote]

The family asked you and not the nanny, right?  [/quote]

Sounds like the new family wanted to make sure they weren’t poaching a nanny who was possibly going to be retained.  Kudos to them![/quote]

Agreed. You don't want to b known as THAT family.  Usually, the mom is in over her head, so the nanny will be too! Also, when a mom tries to poach a nanny, that kind of mom is not willing to pay what the (original) family pays - I can think of a few families that live in $1m+ homes, who are looking to pay - in one case literally zero (expected the first family to subsidize, since the other family paid so well) - to almost nothing (maybe $10./hour, or what they would pay a mother's helper, seriously).

If I was a nanny, I would go through an agency, hands down.  The agency is looking to get the nanny as much pay as possible. But also as a nanny, be aware that cheap user parents are everywhere - just keep walking! Nannies talk, and tell each other what they get paid and what they get for benefits.  I know moms that are desperate for help, and try to approach non-american nannies,  because those kind of moms are racist and think that the nanny will not say no.  Again, keep walking. At some point, it is harassment, if the mom keeps corning someone else's nanny.  [/quote]

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