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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP...Just curious...No malice implied here. Why did you have such exceptionally high rates?

Anyway, it is acceptable to haggle over a purchase of a car, an appliance...even something at a flea market or a bazaar...But YOUR child??!

Heavens no!!

Watch out. These same people will get it right back at them when their own children hire cheap caregivers to care for them in old age because they want to save their money so when their parents die, they will get a bigger chunk of their inheritance. Karma.[/quote]

This is just silly and shows very poor logical reasoning ability.  No one is posting about or advocating negotiation over the price or worth of a child.  Negotiating over the price or worth of a particular childcare provider is totally different.  It's a job.  This is nothing inherently wrong with negotiating over compensation to be paid for performing a job.  There is certainly no basis for complaining that a parent is cheap or in search of a cheap caregiver because she want to pay $20 or $22 per hour rather than $25 or $35 or whatever "exceptionally high rate" the OP feels she is worth.  The OP may think she is worth $35 per hour and the potential employers may disagree, but that doesn't make the parents cheap any more than it makes the nanny greedy.   
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