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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh my word to the $18.75 comment! $39,000 is barely enough to make a living from?! ... some of us aren't making much more than that, let alone able to pay our NANNIES that much. Good grief, what a closed minded statement! $20 an hour to be a nanny, I'd take that offer hands down! Many people who have paid to educate themselves can't even find jobs making that amount of money. .. Not to say nannies aren't valuable or something. Kids are hard work! .. but that was just a ridiculous thing to say... poor nanny, only making almost $40,000... please![/quote]
Indeed, most of us cannot afford a nanny. If we don't do our own babysitting, we need to depend on family and/or friends to help out. Or God-awful daycare. [b]Affording a nanny is the most elite and exclusive form of childcare reserved for the rich.[/b][/quote]

[b]This is just silly.[/b]  Many, many nannies work for middle- to upper-middle class dual-professional families.  The fact that these employers have decided to pay a little more for child care than they would pay a daycare center doesn't mean they are rich.  [b]There is nothing elitist about hiring or being a nanny/full time babysitter in the DC region[/b].[/quote]

Exactly.

I'm comfortably middle-class and consider myself very lucky to be able to afford a nanny for my children.  However, it takes work and sacrifice and, next to our home, is our single biggest financial obligation (by far).  My husband and I drive older, basic cars, live frugally, don't take significant vacations (anymore), etc...   It also happens that for us and our child situation a nanny is actually cheaper than the daycare options we had.

So get off the absurd elitist thing about rich employers.  We're all just people making the best choices we can for our kids and family with the resources we have available.[/quote]

Are you saying that if you were richer, you'd opt for daycare? I don't think so. You need to be honest here. Having a nanny is the most elite form of substitute childcare. If you still wish to fight the obvious facts here, what is the most elite form of substitute childcare, in your opinion?[/quote]

I am not an original PP for this but would like to respond.  I have a nanny now and if we were richer, I would put my kids in daycare.  So,  in my situation, a good nanny we have is better than a crappy day care.  Also, we have one toddler and one infant and having a nanny is cheaper than paying for 2 kids on daycare.   If I had the money then first one and then both would be going to Montessori.  What I am trying to say is that in situations like mine I cannot afford great daycare for multiple kids but can afford a nanny.  and nanny is better than a crappy day care I could afford[/quote]
Really now? I've personally toured some of the most elite Washington DC area daycares, and not a single one of them, is where I'd leave my infant. Maybe you'd care to share which one you found good enough for your infant? Of course, the older your child becomes, the more possible it is to derive some benefits. Barring any extreme circumstances, at home care is always recommended over center-based care for an infant. Sorry to ask, but don't you read and learn about these issues?[/quote]

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