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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read that language as, they want to pay a modest hourly wage (“a little extra money”), not what a nanny would charge. [/quote]

It’s this. It’s code for “we’re cheap and not willing to pay market value for childcare.”[/quote]
+1 the only dog whistle here is “this is a great job for someone who doesn’t need the money and won’t judge us“[/quote]

Wtf? There are tons of teens who are thrilled to make $15 an hour. Retail pays way less than that. [/quote]

This. Nannies may make $30 an hour. But in my community, run of the mill hourly sitters still only charge $15 or so an hour. These are the one off jobs where I don’t need them to have a car, make dinner, help with algebra homework, work on language skills, or be cpr certified. I literally need someone to come at 7:30, put the bowl of Mac and cheese in front of DS (that I already made), and surf the internet while Ds watched tv until 10:30 or so at which point the sitter needs to tell him to go to bed. And then I come home at 11, and the sitter can go out and party with her friends.

This is what the post is intended to capture: a college educated responsible person who actually shows up, but doesn’t expect to get professional nanny wages to just watch tv for four hours. [/quote]

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