Finding other educated nannies

[Anonymous]

I'm not a nanny, but I do have an undergraduate degree from an Ivy school and a master's, and it's just not the way I introduce myself socially. Except for people I have hired/interviewed for work, I don't know the # of degrees or alter maters of most people I interact with daily. It just doesn't come up in that many contexts. Surely you have some things in common with other nannies (i.e. nannying) that would allow you to spend some time together, if not become close friends. If it's just the amount of education that matters, you might need to attend alumni club meetings or book clubs or such. Also, you probably need to be discreet about the HP/HNW bit; that might be a little offputting as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a governess for a HP/HNW family. The kids are homeschooled by me 60% of the year as there is a lot of travel involved. I’m struggling to find nannies with a higher education. I find I don’t have much in common with other nannies and I feel isolated. Any other nannies with Madter’s degrees? Is it just a rarity to have a highly educated nanny?

Yes. I have a masters in ECD and I have never met another. I am in Los Angeles. However, more and more, I am meeting nannies with college degrees is education.

Oh honey. The problem is definitely you. I'm in LA and have a masters, and so do three of my nanny friends. Almost all the nannies I know have at least a bachelors degree. Homeschooling isolates you a bit, but the rest is all you. Coldwater canyon park is full of nannies- you can't find some friends there? Music classes, sports, library, there's so many ways to meet nannies in LA. I actually find more nannies here are educated when you're with HP/HNW families. Soooo. It's you. Maybe get off your high horse and people will want to be your friend.

How can the problem be me? I am not repelling the MA nannies on sight. I simply have never met another with an MA and I work for a new high income/high profile family in Brentwood. And I did not complain about not having friends or not liking other nannies - I simply have never met another with an masters.

I am surprised you have a graduate degree with your reading comprehension issues. I have bolded my post. All I wrote is that I have never met another nanny with a masters.

[b]

The problem is definitely you.

Ps. I'm European and English is my third language. I speak 5. You sound insufferable.

Again, Foreign Nanny, I do not have a problem and am thus not a problem.
You sound stunningly stupid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a governess for a HP/HNW family. The kids are homeschooled by me 60% of the year as there is a lot of travel involved. I’m struggling to find nannies with a higher education. I find I don’t have much in common with other nannies and I feel isolated. Any other nannies with Madter’s degrees? Is it just a rarity to have a highly educated nanny?

Yes. I have a masters in ECD and I have never met another. I am in Los Angeles. However, more and more, I am meeting nannies with college degrees is education.

Oh honey. The problem is definitely you. I'm in LA and have a masters, and so do three of my nanny friends. Almost all the nannies I know have at least a bachelors degree. Homeschooling isolates you a bit, but the rest is all you. Coldwater canyon park is full of nannies- you can't find some friends there? Music classes, sports, library, there's so many ways to meet nannies in LA. I actually find more nannies here are educated when you're with HP/HNW families. Soooo. It's you. Maybe get off your high horse and people will want to be your friend.

How can the problem be me? I am not repelling the MA nannies on sight. I simply have never met another with an MA and I work for a new high income/high profile family in Brentwood. And I did not complain about not having friends or not liking other nannies - I simply have never met another with an masters.

I am surprised you have a graduate degree with your reading comprehension issues. I have bolded my post. All I wrote is that I have never met another nanny with a masters.

[b]

Actually you did. You said you felt isolated and was having trouble meeting educated nannies. There must be something off putting about you (which is obvious from just the few posts you've written!) because there's lots of educated nannies in Los Angeles. I'm in Beverly Hills and have zero trouble meeting friends. But that's probably because unlike you, I can speak to people without a masters. Most of my nanny friends however have bachelors and masters degrees and are former teachers. It's you, not us.

There are two different posters here. The OP of the thread and the nanny from California with the masters. All the nanny from California wrote was that she has never met another nanny with a masters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a governess for a HP/HNW family. The kids are homeschooled by me 60% of the year as there is a lot of travel involved. I’m struggling to find nannies with a higher education. I find I don’t have much in common with other nannies and I feel isolated. Any other nannies with Madter’s degrees? Is it just a rarity to have a highly educated nanny?

Yes. I have a masters in ECD and I have never met another. I am in Los Angeles. However, more and more, I am meeting nannies with college degrees is education.

Oh honey. The problem is definitely you. I'm in LA and have a masters, and so do three of my nanny friends. Almost all the nannies I know have at least a bachelors degree. Homeschooling isolates you a bit, but the rest is all you. Coldwater canyon park is full of nannies- you can't find some friends there? Music classes, sports, library, there's so many ways to meet nannies in LA. I actually find more nannies here are educated when you're with HP/HNW families. Soooo. It's you. Maybe get off your high horse and people will want to be your friend.

How can the problem be me? I am not repelling the MA nannies on sight. I simply have never met another with an MA and I work for a new high income/high profile family in Brentwood. And I did not complain about not having friends or not liking other nannies - I simply have never met another with an masters.

I am surprised you have a graduate degree with your reading comprehension issues. I have bolded my post. All I wrote is that I have never met another nanny with a masters.

[b]

Actually you did. You said you felt isolated and was having trouble meeting educated nannies. There must be something off putting about you (which is obvious from just the few posts you've written!) because there's lots of educated nannies in Los Angeles. I'm in Beverly Hills and have zero trouble meeting friends. But that's probably because unlike you, I can speak to people without a masters. Most of my nanny friends however have bachelors and masters degrees and are former teachers. It's you, not us.

These are two different posters, PP. When you read the

at the end of one paragraph that means the first poster is finished. The next paragraph will be the second poster. The second poster never said she had trouble making friends.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a governess for a HP/HNW family. The kids are homeschooled by me 60% of the year as there is a lot of travel involved. I’m struggling to find nannies with a higher education. I find I don’t have much in common with other nannies and I feel isolated. Any other nannies with Madter’s degrees? Is it just a rarity to have a highly educated nanny?

Yes. I have a masters in ECD and I have never met another. I am in Los Angeles. However, more and more, I am meeting nannies with college degrees is education.

Oh honey. The problem is definitely you. I'm in LA and have a masters, and so do three of my nanny friends. Almost all the nannies I know have at least a bachelors degree. Homeschooling isolates you a bit, but the rest is all you. Coldwater canyon park is full of nannies- you can't find some friends there? Music classes, sports, library, there's so many ways to meet nannies in LA. I actually find more nannies here are educated when you're with HP/HNW families. Soooo. It's you. Maybe get off your high horse and people will want to be your friend.

How can the problem be me? I am not repelling the MA nannies on sight. I simply have never met another with an MA and I work for a new high income/high profile family in Brentwood. And I did not complain about not having friends or not liking other nannies - I simply have never met another with an masters.

I am surprised you have a graduate degree with your reading comprehension issues. I have bolded my post. All I wrote is that I have never met another nanny with a masters.

[b]

The problem is definitely you.

Ps. I'm European and English is my third language. I speak 5. You sound insufferable.

These are two different posters, PP. You are arguing with the second poster when you should be arguing with the first poster/OP of this thread.

[Anonymous]

OP, you do sound kind of insufferable. I'm not a nanny but I have a PhD and I have never lamented having to hang out with the other moms at my kids' school when they only have a bachelors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a governess for a HP/HNW family. The kids are homeschooled by me 60% of the year as there is a lot of travel involved. I’m struggling to find nannies with a higher education. I find I don’t have much in common with other nannies and I feel isolated. Any other nannies with Madter’s degrees? Is it just a rarity to have a highly educated nanny?

Do you know the works of Eric Hoffer? Probably not as he was self-educated and a longshoreman.

"Eric Hoffer (July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983)[1] was an American moral and social philosopher. He was the author of ten books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983. His first book, The True Believer (1951), was widely recognized as a classic, receiving critical acclaim from both scholars and laymen,[2] although Hoffer believed that The Ordeal of Change was his finest work.[3]"

Even with your Ph.D, you could not have been capable of having a coherent and intelligent conversation with him. We learn from everyone we meet.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a governess for a HP/HNW family. The kids are homeschooled by me 60% of the year as there is a lot of travel involved. I’m struggling to find nannies with a higher education. I find I don’t have much in common with other nannies and I feel isolated. Any other nannies with Madter’s degrees? Is it just a rarity to have a highly educated nanny?

Yes. I have a masters in ECD and I have never met another. I am in Los Angeles. However, more and more, I am meeting nannies with college degrees is education.

Oh honey. The problem is definitely you. I'm in LA and have a masters, and so do three of my nanny friends. Almost all the nannies I know have at least a bachelors degree. Homeschooling isolates you a bit, but the rest is all you. Coldwater canyon park is full of nannies- you can't find some friends there? Music classes, sports, library, there's so many ways to meet nannies in LA. I actually find more nannies here are educated when you're with HP/HNW families. Soooo. It's you. Maybe get off your high horse and people will want to be your friend.

How can the problem be me? I am not repelling the MA nannies on sight. I simply have never met another with an MA and I work for a new high income/high profile family in Brentwood. And I did not complain about not having friends or not liking other nannies - I simply have never met another with an masters.

I am surprised you have a graduate degree with your reading comprehension issues. I have bolded my post. All I wrote is that I have never met another nanny with a masters.

[b]

The problem is definitely you.

Ps. I'm European and English is my third language. I speak 5. You sound insufferable.

Again, Foreign Nanny, I do not have a problem and am thus not a problem.
You sound stunningly stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a governess for a HP/HNW family. The kids are homeschooled by me 60% of the year as there is a lot of travel involved. I’m struggling to find nannies with a higher education. I find I don’t have much in common with other nannies and I feel isolated. Any other nannies with Madter’s degrees? Is it just a rarity to have a highly educated nanny?

Yes. I have a masters in ECD and I have never met another. I am in Los Angeles. However, more and more, I am meeting nannies with college degrees is education.

Oh honey. The problem is definitely you. I'm in LA and have a masters, and so do three of my nanny friends. Almost all the nannies I know have at least a bachelors degree. Homeschooling isolates you a bit, but the rest is all you. Coldwater canyon park is full of nannies- you can't find some friends there? Music classes, sports, library, there's so many ways to meet nannies in LA. I actually find more nannies here are educated when you're with HP/HNW families. Soooo. It's you. Maybe get off your high horse and people will want to be your friend.

How can the problem be me? I am not repelling the MA nannies on sight. I simply have never met another with an MA and I work for a new high income/high profile family in Brentwood. And I did not complain about not having friends or not liking other nannies - I simply have never met another with an masters.

I am surprised you have a graduate degree with your reading comprehension issues. I have bolded my post. All I wrote is that I have never met another nanny with a masters.

[b]

The problem is definitely you.

Ps. I'm European and English is my third language. I speak 5. You sound insufferable.

Again, Foreign Nanny, I do not have a problem and am thus not a problem.
You sound stunningly stupid.

[b]



That would be foreign nanny, with a US passport. I'm a dual citizen which I guess makes me more elite than you, since you can't work in the EU.

But in all seriousness, everyone but you can see that you are the problem. Until you realise that and work on yourself, you will continue to feel isolated. If you don't have a problem, then why are you posting here?

[Anonymous]

Lots of intelligent people don't have degrees. Op is probably looking for intelligent nannies. People assume that I have a degree, but I don't. No debt either.

[Anonymous]

There are 4 nannies on this thread from LA, it appears. I am one of them.

[Anonymous]

Foreign nanny here- I am arguing with the original op. I thought that was clear, the bold was in the wrong area. The typical rude LA nanny responding can stop now.

[Anonymous]

Why does a master’s matter? DH and I both have master’s from Ivies and I couldn’t care less if someone went to an Ivy or has a graduate degree in befriending them. Many of my friends have bachelor’s from I don’t know which university as I don’t ask. Our daughter’s nanny has a bachelor’s in art and I respect her SO MUCH, not to mention she is a really cool person. If we met in different circumstances, I would totally want to be her friend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are 4 nannies on this thread from LA, it appears. I am one of them.

I am another.

[Anonymous]

My nanny agency is how I met other nannies who have graduated college and make six figures like I do