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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]people have unrealistic expectations about what $20/hour looks like. i was a nanny up until last year, and now i am a teacher. if i want to work in home instruction i make $47/hour. you are not going to attract a teacher/nanny for $20. i would consider sitting at night with no interaction with the child for $20/hour-just as a warm body. i would not cook, clean, play, or teach for that. i love kids, but you can't expect nanny/babysitting wages to remain stagnant when cost of living does not.[/quote]

If you have professional degrees and teaching experience, then yes, a parent will pay $47 for a one or two hour session a week or few times a week with their child but very few are going to pay a nanny that much.  $20 an hour is reasonable.  This is not a skilled job that requires professional degrees and licensure, like a teacher does.[/quote]

I wouldn’t leave a position as a nanny to become a teacher. In fact I make more as a nanny than my friend who is a teacher. The burnout rate for teachers is super high and all the degrees aren’t worth the actual job which is a lot of red tape. Teacher or not, no one is paying one as a nanny $47 hr especially when the county doesn’t even pay its teachers that high. I disagree that being a nanny is not a skilled job...I am skilled as a nanny and know how to skillfully take care of and provide education to mold a young child (I also have a degree). [/quote]

You don't need a degree to be a skilled caretaker/nanny. People are paying $40-60+ for tutoring services, but that generally is for an hour at a time, not an all day job so at best, you can get in 3-6 sessions a day with transportation.[/quote]

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