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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think one off-putting aspect is the “all-in-one” bit.   Super-athletic, which implies young, but also the knowledge to meal plan with some extreme restrictions, which is a skill that takes some life experience to develop, and travel planning around the globe, which again is a life skill that few people have during the time they’re young enough to be advanced skiers and “river swimmers”.   [b]And the person should have no further ambition for themself than to be someone’s nanny for a few years, and are presumably unencumbered by a family if their own.  [/b]The combination of everything is what’s ridiculous.  [/quote]
 
This is why this model works when the care giver is a parent. What this person is trying to do is outsource being a parent. Even with all of the outsourcing she has done throughput with her kids, in the end, the mental and emotional needs of the children has grown not lessened with their age. She wants a rich and  educated SAHM of DCUM.

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This.  And it's very hard to find this -- people who have the smarts and the drive to be qualified usually have their own career ambitions.  Let's face it, being a nanny, even a supernanny, doesn't exactly shine on the resume.  Why would anyone devote years of their lives to this?  That's why being a SAHM parent is a thankless job.  Only a parent or other close family care this much about kids' nutrition, whether they are doing well in homework, whether they are experiencing adequate social-emotional growth, whether their camps and extracurriculars are tailored to their educational and social needs....and all the other issues parents think about.  Hard to hire a parent.  [/quote]

[b]The one time such a qualified person will give up their own career ambitions is when it is for their own children. [/b]

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OP here, +1.  This woman wants an absolute unicorn.  Somewhat educated, (UMC background implied), athletic, "high executive functioning," a good cook, a good coach to kids, can manage other staff and conduct weekly staff meetings, and who can "build alliances with other kids' parents and nannies and arrange play dates and joint travel with other families."  In one of the articles it mentions $86K + benefits, which I think is a pretty mediocre salary for someone who is qualified and willing to do this with someone else's kids, especially given this is in the Bay area.  When I first posted this I was thinking she would need to offer somewhere around $150K.[/quote]

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