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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]$15. an hour is UNEXCEPTABLE for an exceptional seriously experienced nanny of 20 years.

For parents who settle for bargain immigrant labor, we get what we pay for, just like in the rest of America. We think it's such a deal, until the child can't speak age-appropriate English, or has other problems down the road.[/quote]

They are babysitters!  What the hell should they make?  Yes, it is our children but my goodness, why would someone get to make more than 1/2 our population to watch a child.  They sit around the parks and talk to their friends.  Feed, and protect the little one they are in charge of, it isn't that hard.  15 is great money for an uneducated immigrant or an educated student out of school.  It is 15 an hour!![/quote]

No, a babysitter takes a kid to a park, reads an occasional book to them, and let's them play on their own or doing bare basics with them (coloring, playing with dolls). This type of person might get $15/hr.

A nanny that is dealing with an infant/toddler will help "train" them, they teach them what things are, they teach them how to turn words into sentences once older, they don't just say that something is a tree when asked, they explain what kind of tree and how that tree is beneficial to life on this planet. They do coloring and many other crafts, they take to parks and to tumbling classes and music classes, interacting with the kids the whole time. They teach table manners and how to clean up after themselves, how to try different foods they are not used to, how to tie their shoes, ride their bikes, and so on. Not necessarily replacing parents, but adding to what the parents can't do while they are at work and helping the children to grow in all ways. They sleep train, they know child development (not necessarily from school but even just learning on their own from books) and help with getting the child to important milestones. This type of person can easily get more than $15 and are worth a higher rate.

If you only want someone to be a warm body and make sure the child eats and doesn't die, then go ahead and hire a babysitter. But don't expect all the other stuff being done from someone like that.[/quote]

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