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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will never understand this desire of working mothers on this board to pay the person you want to love and care for your child as little as possible. Would you be okay with similar working conditions for your daughter/sister/mother? When you hire a nanny, the wage you pay is more than your childcare costs. Its how someone pays their bills and feeds their children. I know you all say it isn't your job to worry about these things but its the reality. What you pay your nanny is what you are asking her to live on in exchange for caring for your baby day after day.[/quote]

Plenty of people make less than $10 an hour and they aren't complaining that their bosses make more than they do. Yes, it is a low wage and yes, lifestyle is not very good at that rate. It seems really commonplace that nannies think they deserve to live in the same lifestyle of the employer's family, probably because they see and observe it every day and think they deserve (not want, but deserve) part of it because they are watching the family's kids.

Why don't you get job training for a different profession? A profession that not anyone can get into, like nannying? A profession that requires a skill? Perhaps a college degree in a marketable field if you don't have one? Then yes, you will deserve to make something more than slightly above minimum wage. Don't blame the rest of us who went out there and did the work and built a family after years of hard work and sacrifice to career for not bringing the bacon to you.[/quote]

Making 40-50k a year with limited benefits and no job security is hardly living the lifestyle of someone making 100k. Some nannies are  actually well educated and could be teachers but enjoy one on one with children. They do more then wipe your kids ass. To say I'm selfish because I want to make a livable wage that doesn't involve me working a second job is crazy. You obviously never truly struggled in your life to be say such a thing and have no idea the value of a great educator. Sure you can pay any hobo off the street to help raise your children but don't expect someone with experience and an education to work for dirt. If a warm body is all you need then good for you but even here in Boston illegals make $15.[/quote]

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