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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Team,

Here is what I don't understand.  Minimum wage is 12.00 an hour, and most employees performing retail in the DC area pay that much. A Nanny came make 15.00 an hour, and enjoy the fact that a lot of her time will be spent monitoring a child, in the comfort of her seat. [/quote]

You have no idea what a nanny is or does!  A nanny will sit on the floor with your child, crawl around, chase them around to play tickle monster.  They will cuddle in the corner of the closet to read stories, be standing or crouching the whole time your child is doing the craft at the kid’s table (both to get things and because the table only has one chair).  They will lie on the floor next to the child to color.

Me?  I pick kids up over my head to teach them full body control, then I carefully lower them down my back.  I have them jump repeatedly, holding onto my hands and pressing down with their arms.  We do airplane while I lay on my back, with hands together and my feet cradling their hips, and we twist around carefully.  We do a modified bear crawl in the air, hands together and feet together with me on my back and a kid laughing down at me.  We do bear crawls, crab walks, side shuffle and other things around the house, together.  I bench press kids, to teach them full body control.  Please, tell me how I can keep highly energetic kids moving without getting down with them?  That doesn’t even start on the things we do that are “sporty” or on the playground.[/quote]

Dear Nanny,

I couldn't tell if you are serious or if your joking with your post.  In a nutshell you play with the children and perform all sorts of complex activities like sing "i am a little teapot", crawl on the floor, and even become a TICKLE monster.  Amazing!  I am sure all these activities you have to do warrant the 20.00 an hour some parent is willing to spend.  However, compared to other jobs like retail, fast-food, which pays significantly LESS and are more EXHAUSTING, I have a hard time justifying the increase in your salary.

[b]Curious you are performing all sorts of play time activities, are you a certified 'tickle monster' or a 'bear crawler'.  Are you board certified at crab walks, or performing the shuffle?   What skills do you posses that you couldn't figure out being at least 5-10 years old?
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Yeah it’s very clear you are not a real poster or if you really are then you are probably a sh**ty parent. Everyone actually involved with children knows they are exhausting. Actually putting in the time and effort to raise a human is exhausting. And unlike those retail, fast food jobs there is no real downtime. There is no not showing up for work. There is no I can’t come into work today. There is no going into work and not putting your best foot forward. Not only is a family depending on you but so is a little human and the repercussions of doing a bad job are much higher than say, burning a hamburger.

But keep going with your tirade of hatred for a position you clearly know nothing about. Continue on your soapbox about how unfair it is that some nannies gets paid more than $15/hr. Stay jealous that law school put you in debt and you came out not being able to demand a high wage but a nanny can. In the end nothing will change and nannies who want, will still be able to get paid more than $15/hr. [/quote]

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