Anonymous wrote:Bethesda. Have had nannies past 4 years. Never paid more than $20/hour (none of nannies have been college educated).

How many nannies have you had in four years?

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand parents paying $20-30 for her kids to be unsupervised on the playgrounds while the nanny chats with other nannies or watch her IPhone.

Our nanny is never on her phone and never leaves the kids unsupervised. I’ve rarely seen any other nanny do what you’re accusing all nannies of doing either.

Our nanny has all her classes done for a masters in Early Childhood Development. My kids are off the charts in language and reading because of her. She always has them engaged and learning while having fun. As a former preschool teacher, she has a skill set that neither DH nor I possess. The way she balances the day is impressive and we’ve had a full year of watching her up close.

So from my perspective this bashing of nannies is tiresome.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry but they are getting greedy. As a new REGISTERED NURSE I started out making $27 an hour 3 years ago in this insanely expensive area. A nanny would make more than I did? Jeez.

Why wouldn’t some nannies earn more than you? Our nanny has a bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education. Registered nurses don’t have to have bachelors.

You could earn close to 50 an hour now as a night nanny tho.

PS my plumber makes three times what you do.

PP here and that doesn’t surprise me that plumbers do well. That’s skilled labor and they have to deal with some pretty undesirable conditions. So why not? What is the point of you rubbing this information in my face? We work our asses off, are beyond physically and mentally exhausted, and a nanny is by no means under the amount of stress that we are under.

There’s nothing stopping you from quitting nursing and becoming a nanny, you know.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand parents paying $20-30 for her kids to be unsupervised on the playgrounds while the nanny chats with other nannies or watch her IPhone.

If the kids get a bump or end up in the hospital, don’t ask “oh… what happened? How did it happen?”

Things must be really awful in DC. In Los Angeles, I never ever see nannies on their phone in the park - only parents. I think this whole phone-thing is an urban myth you guys keep repeating.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand parents paying $20-30 for her kids to be unsupervised on the playgrounds while the nanny chats with other nannies or watch her IPhone.

If the kids get a bump or end up in the hospital, don’t ask “oh… what happened? How did it happen?”

You guys are crazy. I’m a parent and my kids have fallen on the playground. Every kid I know has. It has nothing to do with whether or not a parent or nanny is supervising, it’s because they’re kids and they climb, swing, run — and yes, they fall.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand parents paying $20-30 for her kids to be unsupervised on the playgrounds while the nanny chats with other nannies or watch her IPhone.

If the kids get a bump or end up in the hospital, don’t ask “oh… what happened? How did it happen?”

I don’t understand parents paying $20-30 for her kids to be unsupervised on the playgrounds while the nanny chats with other nannies or watch her IPhone.

Oy. Yea. We pay our occasional nighttime and weekend babysitter 22/hour. We pay our nanny 28/hr and are about to give her a raise. We have 4 kids. But 3 are in school. But still - I would assume starting at 23-25/hr for one kid.

Bethesda. Have had nannies past 4 years. Never paid more than $20/hour (none of nannies have been college educated).

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Anonymous wrote:We pay $30/hour plus health insurance & gave her a car to drive.

Ok Jeff Bezos.

Stop. We just prioritize childcare. I know lots of people who pay more with overtime and healthcare coverage.

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Anonymous wrote:$25 an hour was the going rate for a good nanny for one baby two years ago. Our nanny is up to $30 an hour with annual raises and adding a new baby.


Try daycare, OP. Nanny care is the best but not affordable for everyone.

So genuinely curious - if you pay $30 an hour, how many hours do you have your nanny for? Then you pay taxes on top? Assuming it’s 50 hours per week (and that you don’t pay overtime), that is $79000 per year of post tax money. I honestly don’t know anyone who pays that much.

40 hours and taxes. I know people who pay more than we do with overtime and healthcare coverage. Our nanny has her own healthcare.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry but they are getting greedy. As a new REGISTERED NURSE I started out making $27 an hour 3 years ago in this insanely expensive area. A nanny would make more than I did? Jeez.

Why wouldn’t some nannies earn more than you? Our nanny has a bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education. Registered nurses don’t have to have bachelors.

You could earn close to 50 an hour now as a night nanny tho.

PS my plumber makes three times what you do.

Nowadays most have bachelors and if they don’t, most hospitals require they get their BSN. And sorry but RN’s, especially those at risk of DYING, because they are taking care of vented covid patients, should absolutely make more than the nanny sitting around at the park on her phone.

Yeah, that's what nannies do all day......

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry but they are getting greedy. As a new REGISTERED NURSE I started out making $27 an hour 3 years ago in this insanely expensive area. A nanny would make more than I did? Jeez.

Why wouldn’t some nannies earn more than you? Our nanny has a bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education. Registered nurses don’t have to have bachelors.

You could earn close to 50 an hour now as a night nanny tho.

PS my plumber makes three times what you do.

PP here and that doesn’t surprise me that plumbers do well. That’s skilled labor and they have to deal with some pretty undesirable conditions. So why not? What is the point of you rubbing this information in my face? We work our asses off, are beyond physically and mentally exhausted, and a nanny is by no means under the amount of stress that we are under.

Former nanny here. Think again! Working for people who are often entitled, snobby and whose expectations for what a nanny should do with their kids/home far exceed what they themselves would do is stressful. Throw on top of that the fact that, even though the nanny may be educated, she's still a "babysitter". Add in the fact that all your hard work on the kids' behavior each week is undermined and undone over the weekend. If you are a nanny who cares and who takes pride in your work...yeah, it is stressful.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry but they are getting greedy. As a new REGISTERED NURSE I started out making $27 an hour 3 years ago in this insanely expensive area. A nanny would make more than I did? Jeez.

Why wouldn’t some nannies earn more than you? Our nanny has a bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education. Registered nurses don’t have to have bachelors.

You could earn close to 50 an hour now as a night nanny tho.

PS my plumber makes three times what you do.

Nowadays most have bachelors and if they don’t, most hospitals require they get their BSN. And sorry but RN’s, especially those at risk of DYING, because they are taking care of vented covid patients, should absolutely make more than the nanny sitting around at the park on her phone.

+1000000000

Anonymous wrote:We pay $30/hour plus health insurance & gave her a car to drive.

Ok Jeff Bezos.