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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]

Ok. Let me break this down.

You shouldn't be a nanny if you don't choose to be. It is not like getting stuck working in retail or food service, it is a much bigger commitment and there are much greater consequences to a subpar performance.

If what you mean is, this isn't what you choose to do forever, it is a stepping stone to bigger things in your life, then that is great! Then you are exactly the type of nanny I was referencing as due for higher pay - someone ambitious, someone intelligent (with a full ride to college you must be), someone able to communicate clearly and effectively, etc. So... I do think you're better than a lot of other nannies. Sorry I guess? I do think EVERYONE deserves a living wage and the state of our minimum wage is shameful, but when MBs show up here saying they don't have to pay more than $10/hr for a nanny they are correct - if what they want is an illegal, minimal-English, non-driving nanny. Supply and demand for nannies of varying qualifications, experience, skills, presentation, etc. brings us to varying pay grades, however. That's all I meant.[/quote]

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