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Making 40-50k a year with limited benefits and no job security is hardly living the lifestyle of someone making 100k. Some nannies are  actually well educated and could be teachers but enjoy one on one with children. They do more then wipe your kids ass. To say I'm selfish because I want to make a livable wage that doesn't involve me working a second job is crazy. [b]You obviously never truly struggled in your life[/b] to be say such a thing and have no idea the value of a great educator. Sure you can pay any hobo off the street to help raise your children but don't expect someone with experience and an education to work for dirt. If a warm body is all you need then good for you but even here in Boston illegals make $15.[/quote]

I haven't struggled financially but I have worked my butt off at school, and at work going beyond what is expected of me and doing work that I don't like so I can provide for my family and have stability. You CHOSE to be a nanny because you ENJOY working one on one with kids. Sorry kid. I enjoy making four course meals and going to movies. If I tried to become a cook or work in hollywood, I would not make what I do. What you are saying really tells me you only want to do what you enjoy doing and not work hard but still live well. Life doesn't work that way.[/quote]

Not all of us chose to be a nanny. And many of us work our butts off at school and work too. You have no idea what struggles, challenges, life-choices brought us to this point, but it doesn't make you better than us. I for example was raised in an abusive household. Worked my ass off and earned a full ride to school. My parents did everything they could to distract me from school, and eventually it worked. I lost my scholarship, moved out on my own, had to put the brakes on school, and now Im working as a nanny because it is one of few jobs that I can work without a degree that pays me more than minimum wage. Im not lazy, quite the opposite. I do a damn good job whether you believe me or not. And Im smart enough not to work for peanuts. Im also not entitled. I've worked for everything I have and will have.[/quote]

This is really sad and I feel bad for you but your MB and DB don't owe you any more $$ because you went through all that.[/quote]

Thats not what I was arguing at all. Just that people make assumptions about why women choose to be nannies and they really have no idea. I also think that from a moral prospective you should not be looking to pay a nanny as little as possible. My MB and DB pay me exactly what I negotiated for and Im not angling for more. I would never accept a job I felt didn't pay me what I am worth. Just as there is a muck of nannies on the market so are there jobs.[/quote]

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