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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
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Not the Pp you are quoting, but I've never met a nanny worth $25/hr.

What makes you worth this much? You provide child care. Anyone can do your job. This is why there are so many of you out there, dictating the $15/hr market rates you abhor.

What makes a nanny worth $25/hr? Parents who agree with her and can afford her rates. That's all. No one here is telling you want you can and can't do. Neither will certain parents turn down the nanny they want just because you feel she isn't worth it.

Point made. No nanny is worth $25/hr.

How about a nanny with an advanced degree, significant experience, professional, great references, and unique skills and talents (teaching experience, special needs, bilingual, plays an instrument, amazing cook, etc.) These nannies are out there, and yes they do charge high hourly rates. This is the résumé I am building and when I get there I assure you $15/hour won't cut it.[/quote]

Good luck.

Nothing you list makes you worth $25/hr. especially in this economy with many, many nannies with those credentials asking for market rates.[/quote]

Those are not traits of your average nanny. Some nannies have degrees, but few have advanced degrees. Many are bilingual in that they speak a foreign language fluently, and broken English. A nanny with a full command of multiple languages is few and far between. Great references, extensive experience, and other unique skills combine to make a nanny with all of these traits extremely unique and qualified. There IS a market for this nanny but she's not hanging out on Craigslist, sittercity, or the like and since you can't fathom paying a rate she can command, it is unlikely you will ever step foot in her market and that's fine. Not everyone wants a $25/hour nanny. It doesn't mean no one does, nor does it mean no one is worth it. The market of nannies in this pay range is significantly smaller, as is the supply of families willing to pay them, but they are all on the same page recognizing that a top quality nanny earns far more than the $15/hour average we see thrown about here. [/quote]
I get what you are trying to say, and I agree somewhat, but this is where your profession suffers from the lack of clear standards. A person who is perfectly bilingual (as in, can speak multiple languages on a requisite level of sophistication, and is able to teach that language) or plays a musical instrument and is able to teach it, in my mind is more of a governess or a tutor than a nanny.  When I want my child to learn languages or music, I don't think "nanny", I think "teacher", "tutor" or "governess."  I am with you on the special needs kids, but this puts you almost in a quasi-medical nurse category. Amazing cook? meh, kids just need healthy meals, foie gras is not needed.

It's not that I can't fathom paying someone $25/hr, it's that when I think of the service this person provides, I don't think "nanny."[/quote]
When most people here say "nanny", they mean sitter. Seems to be some widespread ignorance. Why? Less parental guilt if they think they've hired a "nanny", rather than just a sitter? Everyone knows that only the super wealthy can afford a real nanny.
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