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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Writing an epistle, doesn't negate the fact that you based your posts on what YOU would pay... unless you actively collect field data, on what a professional nanny with a degree, who works for employers who require a degree is paid, again I will reaffirm that you are not qualified to dictate what she should earn.[/quote]

I'm the person you are quoting. I thought it unwise to cut and paste the whole conversation because you are correct, I wrote an epistle.

Here's where you are wrong. I did collect field data, otherwise known as market rates, for my area. I am more than qualified, as the employer who has researched what the job is worth, to determine what I'm willing to pay. As I said, you can take it or leave it. No harm, no foul.

Your point about a professional nanny with a degree is moot. I already addressed that. If a NF places value on a degree, or experience, they can and should pay for it. The truth is, there is no requirement for a degree that guarantees a high quality nanny. There are many great nannies with no degree. A degree doesn't translate into higher wages unless a particular family thinks that is a skill worth paying for. As I said, if a nanny presents with a skill a family wants, she should be paid more.

I get where you are coming from. You think a nanny dictates the terms and rate. That makes sense. We'd all like to command our dream salary, reasonable or not.

You are wrong. [/quote]

I guess we both have to respectfully agree to disagree. I normally stay away from these types of threads.  I was led do this forum 8 years ago, by a friend who was a doula/nanny. I've seen such open resentment for nannies that it's downright depressing.  Whatever your intentions were, your post came off incredibly condescending. Be well.[/quote]
Led to this thread was what I meant to type...thanks autocorrect.[/quote]

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