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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents, 
Are you listening? Do you care? 
Is your child ready for yet another new nanny?
-another concerned nanny[/quote]

No - we're not listening.  No we don't care at all.  This nanny's financial scenario clearly represents all nannies fully, as do the presumptions about employers speak for the reality of all working relationships.

Do you actually think you're causing anyone to rethink anything they do as an employer?  If so you're sadly mistaken.  You're simply reinforcing negative opinions and doing your peers a disservice.

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Your reply is a jumble of defiant words that do not speak to the merits of the issue. No one is saying this situation has the be the same for every nanny. If anything you could adjust the months expense a couple hundred dollars either way and still be in trouble because major expenses were not included.

The OP does not sink to your level of negativity or defensiveness. I sort of wish you had not posted at all, lest we encourage more of your aggressive lot onto this thread.[/quote]

But you sank to PP's level didn't you? Btw, stop trying to appear intelligent because you're failing miserably. If you nannies want $15/hour or more you need to go get a college education and a job where the market rate is higher. People in alot of jobs don't make a "living wage" but they don't have the motivation to do something about it, like, get a higher paying job elsewhere. You know why? Because that would require them to actually work at it.[/quote]

If everyone did as you suggest, and leave behind the jobs that don't pay a living wage, who would do them? Then you all would be crying (louder) about the state of affordable and quality childcare in this country. Child care is important, whether or not you think it is hard work. Someone has to do it. The people who do it should not need or qualify for government assistance. Jobs like fast food employees in my opinion are meant for teenagers, not meant to be a full time job or career and not meant to sustain an independant lifestyle. Jobs like nannying require a responsible adult and a certain level of commitment. This work should be valued, and the adults we ask to take on this responsibility should be able to sustain themselves at a reasonable level, and no splitting a 1-bedroom apartment with 3 roommates in a sketch neighborhood is not a reasonable level, nor is it good for the continuity or quality of care for our children. We should want nannies to have safe places to live. We should want them to be able to be healthy and to be able to visit a doctor. We should want them to be happy and rested when they work with our children. We should want them to be smart and educated to understand and educate our children. Why some of you don't feel any kind of responsibility for this I will never understand. A nanny who is not struggling is better for your child. A nanny industry as a whole that encourages healthy smart and happy women to join it is better for your child and our society as a whole. [/quote]
Brilliantly said. Thank you.[/quote]

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