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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A 2.5 year old won't nap for much longer. So, you are going to be paying someone to basically ignore your kid so they can do chores. [/quote]

OP here and as I’ve said multiple times, the chores would be for when DD is in preschool, or in class with us. Not when she’s at home.[/quote]

Housekeepers do chores. Nannies take care of kids and do things directly related to their care.[/quote]

Which means that you do many chores related to the kid. A chore is a chore, whether it is for the kid or the parents.[/quote]

Again, a nanny does anything and everything for the child.  If you can’t understand how that doesn’t include washing your panties or making your bed, I can’t help you. [/quote]

Oh, I understand.  Your draw a bright line rule between work for the kid and work for the family.  While I "understand," I also find your bright line pretty silly.

You are more than happy to do cleaning, cooking, shopping, etc if it is directly related to the child.  But you would refuse to do each of these exact same tasks if it is for the family as a whole.

Whether you are folding a baby's onesie or a parents underwear, you are still folding laundry.  Whether you are shopping/cooking a meal for the kid or the whole family, you are still cooking.  (A different PP raised an interesting question of how you distinguish between the two as the kid gets older.)

Your objections to these (arguably) menial tasks are that you are professional with specialized training and you shouldn't do that sort of work.  But, there is no specialized training to clean/fold a onesie or prepare a meal for a kid.

If you really believed that your education and experience meant that you should not do these tasks, then you should similarly refuse to do them for the kid.  A family that wanted an educated, professional nanny would be able to have that person take care of the child and provide the enrichment that only such an individual could provide and they would make other arrangements for menial tasks related to the child.  (A math tutor, for example, isn't doing laundry or cooking even if it directly relates to the child.)  If a parent wasn't willing or able to do that, they could find a nanny willing to do basic chores related to the child.  That's no different than some families who would not hire a nanny not willing to do family chores, even if not directly tied to the kid.

Different families would want and could afford different services and someone with your impeccable credentials and training should be willing to hold out for a family that would limit your responsibilities to those that could benefit from your experience and not demean you with childcare tasks unbefitting your station.[/quote]

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