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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. [b]It's just a different world of expectations when you are making $35+ an hour[/b].[/quote]

As it should be.

For $35/hr you'd better never get sick, never be late, never have laundry stack up, never require any emotional support from your employers, never allow ANY bleed of personal/professional, etc...

I can't even imagine what I would pay $35/hr (or having the money to do so).  The nanny profession would be an incredibly small pool of people.[/quote]

I'm the PP with the college degree.  I have NEVER been late - not once.  I have never not finished the children's laundry each day and can't imagine what emotional support I would ever need or want from my employers!!!  My employers know very little about my personal life and I only carry a cheap cell phone with me when I work so the parents can get a hold of me.  In fact, no one else even has the number.  There is never any "bleed" of personal to professional life.

I've only been sick once in my current position and I still showed up to work, on time, and allowed the parents to decide if they wanted me to stay.  It turned out that the whole family (myself included) had the stomach flu.  I was sent home, the husband went to the emergency room for dehydration and the MIL stayed with the two little ones while the mother went to bed.  It was over in a day and I was back at work the next day.

I am now convinced I should be one of the $35 an hour nannies!!!!  [/quote]

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