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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course due diligence is obviously required, but just as in every other field, you get the quality of childcare that you pay for. Some of you may not understand the difference between high quality care vs. mediocre care. Even more of you can't afford excellent child care and must settle for what you can find and afford. But as we all know, poor quality daycare often has devastating long-range consequences, so does poor quality home care. The younger the child, the more critical the quality of care. Hence, the foundation years.

The fact is you get what you pay for. This is the United States and that's simply how we do business here. Or you found the one in a million Mother Theresa who can hardly support herself with your pathetically low compensation.[/quote]

No, OP, you are absolutely wrong on all of your assumptions. Nanny quality is not correlated to pay, and I challenge you to prove otherwise. There are lazy nannies who are overpaid and wonderful nannies who are underpaid. A great nanny with an excellent track record *may* command a higher salary, but only if she finds a family willing to pay her more because the requirements of the job command a higher salary. Nanny salaries are based on supply and demand and it is the job that sets the rate. There are many, many people out there competing for nanny jobs and there is no guarantee of quality and no licensing to show a family that you are exceptional. That's unfortunate for nannies. Anyone can call themselves a nanny and childcare requires no special skills. So the market is flooded. Smart parents research the average rate for their area, decide on what they want in a nanny, and price their job accordingly. Nanny candidates can take it or leave it, because there is always going to be someone available at the desired price point and they may be awesome or they may be terrible. Overpaying doesn't guarantee a better nanny. If there was a licensure process for becoming a nanny, the situation would be different.

Your second assumption is that there are "devastating long range consequences" for a child who has a bad nanny. There really is no proof of that. First of all, nannies aren't parents. Parents are the primary caregivers and it is a dysfunctional family situation that has devastating consequences. Secondly, children will have many caregivers over their life. Some will be good and some will be bad. The vast majority of children will survive these experiences, unless they were raised in extreme depravation. Finally, nanny jobs are relatively short and even shorter as soon as parents learn a nanny is bad. In other words, you don't know at all what you're talking about.

I'm not even going to address your attempt to insult families who are seeking quality child care with your nonsense about what they can afford, as if a nanny is a luxury. You're not. You are one of many good childcare options.

I'm really tired of your constant attempts to insult parents and your nonsense about "getting what you pay for". You are a constant troll here and you are tiresome.

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+1  Especially the last sentence.[/quote]

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