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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BTW vast majority of people say Nanny in DC but they don’t pay Nanny wages.

$100,000 a year with full benefits is bare minimum.

Gloria Richards is a famous Nanny and she charges $167 an hour. But $100k is going rate.

Sound right as back in 1996 my cousin married a nanny who worked for hedge fund guy and she was making $40k a year, free room and board, full benefits. They gave her a $10,000 wedding gift check when she got married. Even used their Hampton house for free if she took vacation.

In NYC and San Fran in 2023 going rate is $150,000 to $220,000 for a nanny.

Real Nannies pass the Nanny Association Exam, speak multiple languages. In case of my cousins wife she had a Nursing Degree. And was a certified newborn care specialist.

And in Manhattan even with 200k a year the nanny gets free room and board and food stipend.

Vast majority DC parents have an illegal or a women they are taking advantage of.

If a real Nanny a person would need to earn 500k or more to make it worth while.

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Correct. Most people are not paying for nor can they afford a professional Nanny.

They have a personal child care provider/consistent long term babysitter. Which is totally fine! And more than what most people can afford!

However, the issues with consistency, early childhood education, basic professionalism - like showing up to work on time - do.not.happen. with a true professional Nanny. It’s legitimately part of the service you’re paying for.

But tbh, it’s generally only UHNW families that can afford/pay for that kind of service…the same people who pay for elite boarding school and have multiple household staff. Nanny cooking or cleaning isn’t an issue because there is a chef and housekeeper, not a person that comes by a couple times a week to do those tasks but staff that are full time.

It’s less prestigious to say babysitter, so people say nanny, but this poster is correct, it really doesn’t seem like these are professional Nannies. [/quote]

Lol. My eyes are rolling so hard. It’s not like being a nanny is a licensed profession. Literally any person can call themselves a nanny. It’s not like being a doctor, no matter how badly you want to think there’s some distinction between “professional nanny” and a “long term babysitter”. They are the same thing. Sure, some families can afford additional qualifications and choose to hire someone with that background. Good on them.

But things like showing up on time and being consistent don’t require speaking multiple languages or having a degree.

My nanny of 10 years speaks one language (Spanish) and her English is not awesome. She has an 8th grade education and no special training other than raising her own 4 children. She’s never been late or unreliable, ever. She has become family to us and I trust her more than DH haha. [/quote]

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