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[quote=Anonymous]I have been working at a new position for a month with a special needs teenage girl. When we neogotiates pricing I said $20 as I usually charge that much for special cases due to way more responsibility my long term experience in the field and 24/7 monitoring. The mom told me most of the job was driving to therapy and waiting so how about $16 with $1 raise in a few months and paid vacation after 6 months? This job was 4 days  after school from about 3:30-7:30 plus $15 a week driving fee so I decided fine I need a casual after school job while still taking online degree classes. Major red flags included 3 therapists telling me that there has been many nannies, they and the nannies have issues with the mom and her communication and micromanaging and expecting too much to be done, etc etc. Then at the girls school the office commented several times about the large number of nannies coming through too. The mom texts a lot and I do have to justify everything I do or don't do which is not only demeaning as a nanny but also because I have over 8 years of special education and therapy experience with all ages and settings. Ex: Did you take a walk? Me: No sorry it was 30 degrees super windy and she was cold so we stayed inside! NM: "Huh. Weird she is never cold I find that hard to believe did you try A B C ...." You get the point of the convo. Then, I started getting bothered that not only am I driving to school, I'm also being asked to drive to pick up therapy bags, take her to activities sometimes over 20 miles away, and probably the most bothersome is the mom wants every second to be filled. Whether it's therapy or homework or making me implement the child's exercise plan, there is no break for child or me! I am in this field! Ridiculous! The therapists literally told me to use my judgement and ignore her crazy requests but now the kicker is the mom just approached me about attending all child's therapies and being active during it. All for $16 less than I ever usually accept. But I'm also not doing well on money and worried to leave and want to bring up a raise but then would have to disclose the issues I'm having and risk her firing me before I can quit. Opinions???[/quote]

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