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[quote=Anonymous]There are legitimately different price-points for nanny care because there are different sorts of nannies and different kinds of families who employ them. $15 per hour is not a lot of money, but it is a good rate if you are entering or re-entering the workforce, or beginning a resume in child care, or if other career paths open to you are not paying more than this, anyway. And there are families who are simply looking for a responsible, kind person with common sense to keep the kids busy and happy. At $15, the nanny is probably going to move on after a year or few years (unless they were only ever looking for $40k anyway) … but the family was never asking them to spend the next 50 years working for them.

Then there are families who want a nanny with many years of experience and special skills, and nannies who cultivate this resume. Again, there is a good fit here.
What is not a good fit is a “highly trained” nanny hoping to make 50-60k with a family who doesn’t want or need or can’t afford someone who views themselves in this light. The family and applicant ought to weed each other out early in the interviewing process.

I don’t understand the viewpoint that people shouldn’t even advertise for a nanny if they cannot pay a full professional salary; it’s hard to find good child care, and people are pressed. Why not, then, advertise for what you can afford and see if there’s a good match? If you are totally nuts, the market will tell you. If you get 20 applicants for your position that are all serious, then I guess there’s a mutually beneficial relationship to be found with one of them.
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