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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you arrive at the 15-25% deduction for bring your child, PP? Why should it not be 50% as in a normal nanny share? Especially since MB is functioning as a host family in a share?[/quote]

NP here, but I think I can take a crack at this one.

PP was talking 15-25% off of her rate for one child. A share rate per family is normally half of the rate for two children /plus/ an extra 15-20% due to the fact its a share.

I think the PP's example only feels a little off because her one child rate is so far above average. (No judgement on whether its true or deserved, just that its above average). A more average one child, starting rate, of say 15-17$/hr might go up to $20-$22 per hour in a share and discounted back down to $11-13$/hour.

I also don't think you can quite half things just like a share for two reasons. It's not reasonable for anyone to pay 50% of their gross income for child care. In other words, a nanny cannot afford her own rates. So the market is going to push the discount south of 50% because there are very few nannies who could otherwise afford this arragenment at all. Also, it's not quite an equal partnership. The nanny is still an employee. The parent is going to expect that their child's schedule is going to be primary and that they have the final say in many decisions, like signing up for a class. [/quote]

Thanks NP PP!

First, I do know I make more than average nannies - which is why in my first post I said those rates might actually not be OTT for those particular candidates even thought just seeing them on paper without other information they seem remarkably high for a NWOC - and why I tried to break down how a nanny might legitimately be "worth" $15-17/hr even with her own child.

And PP is correct about the difference between a share and a NWOC. The nanny is still an employee and her charges, her employer's children, get first priority for activities, schedules, and other needs. So if nanny's child doesn't want to go to the pool but her charges do? Too bad, kiddo, that's where we're going. Nanny's child needs a nap but it's time for the charge's music class? Everyone's going to music! The nanny and her child will both be expected to abide by the household rules of her employer and defer to their preferences regarding discipline, diet, toys, etc. So if the family wants only wooden toys around their kids, nanny's child will leave his plastic action figures at home to play with another time. Does that make sense? A share is 50-50 (cost and priority) because both sets of parents are the employers; it's a different scenario entirely with a NWOC. (In the UK, a NWOC typically takes a 10% pay cut fwiw.) Additionally, a NWOC should provide her own car seats, portable high chair, sleeping cot (if applicable), child's food, and child's toys and to remove them ALL at the end of every day - whereas a hosting share family will have to live with two of everything taking up space in their house.[/quote]

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