Anonymous wrote:BTW 9:45, as long as you have a high school diploma, you can get hired as a preschool teacher. So these "great preschools" you're talking about usually don't even require college educated teachers. As long as they take a few early childhood credits at some point they're considered "qualified". Whereas these rejects you're referring to usually have college degrees on more than one child-related field.

Anonymous wrote:In another thread a poster commented that what I do is custodial care. I didn't (and still really don't) know if she was being sarcastic or genuine.
Anyway, I'm pretty much the family nanny. My charge is one 6mo old and occasionally (ie maybe 1-2 times every 2/3mos) his 3yr old sibling. I have free reign over my days and MB doesn't care if we go places or run errands or just stay home. I don't have any housework in my contract but if I see something that needs to be done, I do it. My entire (IMO) existance as a nanny is to make MBs life exponentially easy. Otherwise she could as easily stick ds in daycare. I'm flexible, accommodating and do what this board would consider extreme above and beyond. And I don't agree. I feel it's doing the best job I can, even if that means some housework or dinner prep without demanding more pay. I am responsible for stimulating baby ds, working on motor skills, nutrition, etc but not at the expense of being lazy. Idk what kind of technical "nanny" care that is, but it works for me and my nanny family and they pay 20$ an hour for a 50hr week

Anonymous wrote:Well, PP, you don't know 12:47, unless you're a sock puppet, so we can pretty much assume you are just desperately trying to drive up rate expectations here. Or you're a liar.

Which is it? Because here in DC, everyone knows there are no nannies earning $20/hr for 2 kids. Unless the parents are astonishingly stupid or have extraordinary needs.

I'm sure that's not your situation, nanny. And before you get all het up. we're sure you're not an MB either.

Anonymous wrote:Educator nanny usually = unemployed teacher. You are better off sending your child to a great preschool to be taught by the preschool teachers who were qualified enough to get those jobs, not hiring one of the rejects to work in your home.

Anonymous wrote:This concept is the reason why nanny wages are really all over the map. There is no standard or even a "ceiling". Every parent is looking for something different. It's almost as impossible as constructing a job description for your spouse. You know what qualities you are hoping for, but you never know for sure until you see it, and how it all fits together. The relationship is so personal, that what's worth next to nothing to one person, is worth the world, to another.

The most vocal parents here seem to have a focused mission, to dictate that NO nanny can possibly be worth $XX/hr. Who are they to determine what every other parent values? What is their real agenda?

Anonymous wrote:In another thread a poster commented that what I do is custodial care. I didn't (and still really don't) know if she was being sarcastic or genuine.
Anyway, I'm pretty much the family nanny. My charge is one 6mo old and occasionally (ie maybe 1-2 times every 2/3mos) his 3yr old sibling. I have free reign over my days and MB doesn't care if we go places or run errands or just stay home. I don't have any housework in my contract but if I see something that needs to be done, I do it. My entire (IMO) existance as a nanny is to make MBs life exponentially easy. Otherwise she could as easily stick ds in daycare. I'm flexible, accommodating and do what this board would consider extreme above and beyond. And I don't agree. I feel it's doing the best job I can, even if that means some housework or dinner prep without demanding more pay. I am responsible for stimulating baby ds, working on motor skills, nutrition, etc but not at the expense of being lazy. Idk what kind of technical "nanny" care that is, but it works for me and my nanny family and they pay 20$ an hour for a 50hr week

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In another thread a poster commented that what I do is custodial care. I didn't (and still really don't) know if she was being sarcastic or genuine.
Anyway, I'm pretty much the family nanny. My charge is one 6mo old and occasionally (ie maybe 1-2 times every 2/3mos) his 3yr old sibling. I have free reign over my days and MB doesn't care if we go places or run errands or just stay home. I don't have any housework in my contract but if I see something that needs to be done, I do it. My entire (IMO) existance as a nanny is to make MBs life exponentially easy. Otherwise she could as easily stick ds in daycare. I'm flexible, accommodating and do what this board would consider extreme above and beyond. And I don't agree. I feel it's doing the best job I can, even if that means some housework or dinner prep without demanding more pay. I am responsible for stimulating baby ds, working on motor skills, nutrition, etc but not at the expense of being lazy. Idk what kind of technical "nanny" care that is, but it works for me and my nanny family and they pay 20$ an hour for a 50hr week

The real question is would you feel the same toward your nanny family if they were trying to pay you $10 hr? No one gives their best to just make ends meet. You give your best as a nanny to a family who treats you well emotionally, and financially. You go above and beyond for those employers if your a great nanny. The real problem is finding a great nanny and a great family to go together.

Anonymous wrote:This concept is the reason why nanny wages are really all over the map. There is no standard or even a "ceiling". Every parent is looking for something different. It's almost as impossible as constructing a job description for your spouse. You know what qualities you are hoping for, but you never know for sure until you see it, and how it all fits together. The relationship is so personal, that what's worth next to nothing to one person, is worth the world, to another.

The most vocal parents here seem to have a focused mission, to dictate that NO nanny can possibly be worth $XX/hr. Who are they to determine what every other parent values? What is their real agenda?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This concept is the reason why nanny wages are really all over the map. There is no standard or even a "ceiling". Every parent is looking for something different. It's almost as impossible as constructing a job description for your spouse. You know what qualities you are hoping for, but you never know for sure until you see it, and how it all fits together. The relationship is so personal, that what's worth next to nothing to one person, is worth the world, to another.

The most vocal parents here seem to have a focused mission, to dictate that NO nanny can possibly be worth $XX/hr. Who are they to determine what every other parent values? What is their real agenda?

Leaving aside the emotion in your post, I think it is reasonable to make an argument about two types of childcare providers, both valuable in their own right and worth their wages:

- an extended "baby nurse" who takes care of newborns through maybe 3 or 4, taking care of their physical needs, love, affection, fresh air, healthy routine, independent habits like eating, potty training, sleep routines plus early education.

- then there is a governess type who works with older children and that person is primarily an educator who shapes cognition, exposes the child to new concepts, superintends their education and looks for opportunities for enrichment. She may or may not oversee other tutors but her primary focus is education and character building.

Just my 0.02c.