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[quote=Anonymous]You have a bachelor degree, not a baTchelor.

I'm an employer.  I've had three nannies.  One was 22, one was 33 and one was 60.  The older nanny was the best.  And she was definitely an "older" nanny.  The 22 year old was inexperienced, unreliable, and wonderfully energetic.  The 33 year old is fine - neither the best nor the worst at anything and neither young nor old.

My hope in hiring the 33 yr old was to hit the sweet spot of experience, maturity and energy but frankly the perfect nanny would have been the 60 year old if I could have caught her 10 years earlier, when rampaging toddlers wouldn't have been a physical challenge.

In my experience the older nannies, those in their 40's and beyond, have the most maturity, wisdom, common sense and patience.  You haven't lived or worked long enough yet to acquire those things.  I don't consider babysitting done in one's teens or during college to be the same experience at all as someone who has been a professional nanny for more than ten years.

So your comments are coming across as fairly naive and self-impressed - which is not going to endear you to employers.[/quote]

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