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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At age 20, just graduating college with my BA in child psychology, I was a full time nanny for a 3 year old and twin infants. It was my first real nanny gig with competitive pay and benefits. I was with the family for 4 years. 12 years later, I am a very professional nanny specializing in infant care. I definitely don't believe you can judge on age alone. Many 20 year olds have more experience in life than some of their MBs. By age 20 I had already spent 6 months volunteering in an orphanage in Peru and a year working with pre-mature infants in a hospital in rural Kenya. [/quote]

That's cool. We still have no idea how good you were at your job, though, you know? You may have been great - I'm sure you'll insist you were - but you might have been pretty crappy. We just don't know.

And yes, a lot of parents keep crappy nannies for years on end because they don't care, don't know, or are intimidated by the thought of finding someone else who might turn out to have the same (or worse!) shortcomings.[/quote]

What kind of argument is that pp?  DUH- you can't "tell" how good any nanny is on here but she stated her experience which says A LOT about a person.  She's saying you can find an experienced nanny who is in her 20's, its up for an MB to decide how good she was, not you.   [/quote]

I bet you're the same poster I want to stab in the eye in every thread, because holy crap you never respond to what I've actually said but to some strange interpretation of my very literal words.

Experience tells you very little about a person, first of all. For instance I work 2x/month for a family with two little boys, and their FT nanny left a few months ago to go back to school. After failing to poach me from my job they began searching for a new nanny and after months of interviewing (they had a lot of notice) they settled on a late-20s nanny who'd just moved back to the US after opening and running an orphanage in...well, somewhere in Africa, I don't remember where. And she is terrible! They regret having hired her and are debating what to do at this point, even though on paper everyone would say OMG BEST NANNY EVER. Besides which, the amount of experience you can have at 20 is very, very minimal because you just haven't had time for more.

So, yeah, my point was I stand by my belief that no 20yo is equipped for 3-under-3 because PP's personal story didn't compel me to change my mind. That's all. Except "in her 20s" is much different from "20 years old," too.[/quote]

Wow, what is your problem? I am the nanny who wrote about my job at age 20. I frankly don't care what you think because I KNOW what kind of a nanny I am and so do the parents who have hired me. You can believe what you wish, however I know quite a few young nannies (especially in the community the family I nanny for now live in) who are very qualified, wonderful nannies. They are very respected and highly valued.  I know firsthand I learned a lot but was very prepared for 3 under 3 when I nannied for my first family and I currently know one nanny, age 21 with 3 under 3 who is doing an amazing job! So your opinion is your opinion, but you really have nothing to base it on.[/quote]

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