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[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.

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.

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]

I will agree that we should likely respectfully agree to disagree. I respect that you interpreted my post as condescending, although that was not my intention. I have no resentment for nannies and I agree with you that resentment for nannies is downright depressing.

On an anonymous board, it is very difficult to fully understand where someone is coming from.

As you have posted to me, I return the wish. Be well.[/quote]

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