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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just for kicks, would anyone care to sketch a hypothetical budget for a DC area live-out nanny earning $15 per hour? Guesstimate 30% for taxes, rent, utilities, student loans, car loans, food, clothing, etc., etc.
I am wondering how they do it.[/quote]

We got a nanny that performed the following for 15.00 in DC

Here is what she did more or less
- she is responsible for meals (or bottles), cleaning up after meals, cooking food for them, etc... 
- she does the kids' laundry, bedding, maintains orderliness of play areas, etc... 
- she helps me organize their clothes/buy new/rotate out old, etc... 
- she drives my kids all over the place - lessons, activities, preschool, library, park.... 
- she has responsibility for my kids in and outside the home 
- she is expected to maintain the household schedule (naps, bottles, bedtimes if appropriate), and disciplinary approach 
- she is a partner w/ us in establishing schedules and systems and evolving as the kids grow 
- she has, on occasion, stayed overnight w/ the kids and been the responsible party while we travelled out of town 
- she is the designated person to contact in an emergency if a parent is unavailable and a child needs to be picked up from school

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You make her sound like a real professional. 
1. Why would she settle for $15/hr when she could easily double that?
2. How does she live on that in this area? Is there someone else supporting her?[/quote]

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