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Thanks.  I have a college degree from a very good university but not in education although I have worked in private elementary schools as a teacher.  I have years of experience (on and off) with newborns and am very knowledgeable in childhood development - and I'm also a great nanny!  I only make 18 an hour in one of the wealthiest suburbs in America!  I am definitely underpaid.  [/quote]

Although not everyone in a wealthy area is loaded. There is a need for $18 an hour childcare (and even $11 an hour childcare) and plenty of people that would happily fill that need. But if you think you are worth more or can justify a salary in that range to a different family by all means you should try to put yourself out there. Just keep in mind the expectations might be a little different and it's not just having a degree. Interviewing might be a little more intense, you'd be expected to know the area very well, hopefully have contacts and friends in useful areas, seem completely confident and independent, trustworthy to manage a debit/credit card provided by the family for expenses, etc etc. These things never seemed to come up when I was working for <$20 an hour. Those families just wanted someone reliable and that wasn't going to completely neglect their child, but they were willing to deal with college kids texting and overweight nannies that wouldn't play sports with their kids. It's just a different world of expectations when you are making $35+ an hour.[/quote]

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