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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll bite: link to ONE example in the parents forum where a "MB" is claiming that's acceptable pay. [/quote]
You searched already and found nothing?[/quote]

You don't understand how this works. You make a claim, you back it up. You can't just run around saying whatever you feel like and its fact until someone proves you wrong. That's not how the world works. Another hint; nannies don't make $30/hour (unless they work very few hours, like 1 or 2). If you make that much, you're probably doing much more than nannying. [/quote]
Which thread was it that had the FT nanny earning $52/hr? No one said, repeat: no one said that every nanny qualifies to be "high-earning". You have your average, you have your low-earning newbie nannies (or the warm-body type), and you have the relatively few (rightfully so) high-earning nannies. After all, if they "all" earned 25-30, they wouldn't be "high-earning", would now?

Some nannies DO earn 25-30/hr. Remember, at least one nanny earns $52/hr.? So please stop with your asinine stupidity that "nannies don't make 30/hr., unless they work 1 or 2 hours". The ONLY thing you DO know is what YOU may pay a nanny. And that may be HALF as much (or less) as what SOME other nannies are earning.

And yes, high-income earning nannies indeed do much more than what most of you commonly envision for a "nanny". It may even be that they don't actually "do" more, depending on your understanding "doing". For instance, the best nannies do NOT engage in "multitasking". Because these nannies are not expected to "keep busy", as you call it, they are well-informed AND understand the overwhelming research, that multitasking is definately not something to aspire to. (You may google the word.) So, in just that one example, the professional nanny may be "doing" less, in your eyes. However, if our most acclaimed researchers in this field, come to observe such a nanny, they would most certainly recognize her uncommon ability to teach her charges in a developmentally appropriate fashion. And no, she's not going to try to make a bright 2 or 3 year old child, read. She knows better.[/quote]

Okay OP. First thing, I'm a nanny. Second thing, the title of your post indicates that $20-$30/hour is the going rate for newborn care. I'm sure there is some nanny somewhere who makes that much. However, average by its nature means MOST fall somewhere near it. MOST nannies do not make $20-$30/hour, let alone for one child. Question for you, if a nanny worth $20-$30/hour isn't "doing" more in the traditional sense of the word, what is so special about her? The ability to teach a child in a developmentally appropriate way is not difficult, and can be achieved by reading a few books, and watching a few teachers. Working with children is not rocket science, it simply requires more patience than your average person possesses. Also what word am I supposed to google? "Definately?"[/quote]

There is no point reasoning with OP...nor really even responding.  I made it through one paragraph of her poorly written rant and I'm pretty impressed with myself for making it that far. OP-not sure what your point is with this post, but regardless of how you try to argue it, both nannies and MB's agree you are way, way off base. Good luck finding someone to pay you $30 for sitting on your ass and providing "developmentally appropriate" activities for a newborn all day (AKA feeding them and watching them sleep). [/quote]

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