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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my experience, good will has to go both ways. I demand adequate pay because I insist on giving the best childcare. To me that is what MBs should expect in exchange for their cash. Goodwill on the other hand is about mutual respect. You can not buy my generosity, you can only earn it by treating me the way you want to be treated. One MB asked me to take DC to my house because they had something going on at home. DCs diaper leaked and covered my pillows and bed with poop. The small laundry machines in my apartment building would have meant doing several small loads and drying each one twice or even three times for a comforter and paying $15 for it. Instead, MB took my bedding to a laundry center that had large machines. Paid for the professional laundry service, including a small fortune to have it done same day, and then returned it to me at 11 at night so that I would have clean bedding and get to sleep at a reasonable hour. So, when she asked me to sit in a hospital waiting room while her grandmother was being treated in ICU, I just showed up and I made sure DC was fed, entertained, and soothed for the next five hours so that MB could focus on her grandmother. I didn't interrogate her about whether it would be paid. I did not even ask her how many hours she would need. I decided I would give what I could and leave when I couldn't do it anymore.

THAT is the type of mutuality you need to be prepared to maintain in your relationships if you want someone to support you in a bind. You don't get it by paying for it. You must earn it. Nannies too, we can't expect to give the bare minimum - childcare only - and get the maximum benefit in return. I could have easily been left with a roll of quarters and a long night ahead.[/quote]

I'm the PP from upthread.  I agree with all of this 100%.  This is how it is supposed to work in professional relationships.[/quote]

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