I only get that from my sister. she's in school for ece and thinks that what I do is "less than her".

I actually got an assistant teaching position because my charge is going to preschool, and my sister told met I'd just be a glorified babysitter.

Bitch.

It's a shame how many people hate children and childcare.

Anonymous wrote:All the time. Especially as I try to date in this area. They assume that because I'm a nanny I didn't go to college or didn't graduate. Both untrue.

I have the same experience. It's ridiculous. If I'm not asking someone to pay my bills why do they care what I'm doing?

My family also loves to ask me when I'm going to get a real job. Once my dad found out how much I make as a nanny, he hasn't said anything since. I do think that I will eventually move on though. I'm just as intelligent and driven as the MBs I work for(more so in some cases) and it grates on me how little respect they show me. As for now I'm 23, enjoying spending my days with children, and saving for grad school.

Some people wonder how I started to be a nanny when I tell them I am one, but once I mention that I earn $20/hr doing it, they start to get jealous and wonder if they could be a nanny too.

It is waste if degree to work as a help. No hard feelings but nanny is - the help, and there is nothing wrong about it.

My dad views me as a babysitter. Same with his parents. They see me as a failure.
I have so much joy in my job that I do everything I can to let their comments bounce off me. It does hurt tho...

Anonymous wrote:My husband loves to tell people he's hooking up with *the Nanny*!

I encounter a little bit of this, but nothing too overt. Sometimes I wonder if I am projecting my own conflicting feelings - I love my job beyond measure, but I do feel intellectually bored and a little underutilized, so then I feel guilty that I'm not putting my talents toward greater purpose - or if it's really there in other people. I usually drop in a comment or two about my former life as a scientist to assuage my own feelings of inadequacy, and then proceed to feel self-conscious about having done so. Eh. It's a shame that what people choose to do for a living is such an important feature in our perception of them; I don't think it always has a great deal of relevance.

As a nanny I make more than the average salary of an ECE teacher, especially a preschool teacher, which is something I would LOVE to do!

My husband loves to tell people he's hooking up with *the Nanny*!

People put nannying in the same category as a maid or "the help." It is what it is.

Anonymous wrote:All the time. Especially as I try to date in this area. They assume that because I'm a nanny I didn't go to college or didn't graduate. Both untrue.

This happens to me all the time.

One guy just asked me - when will I start working a real job.

I chose to defer my admission to grad school for a year, and everyone thinks they can give me their thoughts on it. It's my life! I love my job. It is so rewarding

All the time. Especially as I try to date in this area. They assume that because I'm a nanny I didn't go to college or didn't graduate. Both untrue.

I'm sure this has come up before but because of something that happened to me today, I wanted to ask other nannies! Today someone from the car dealership came to deliver my car to my house and pick up the loaner I had. I was playing outside with my charge and he started asking questions about how I got my job. He ended up being shocked I had a degree and told me it was a "waste" of my degree to be nannying. I didn't take it to heart-I chose to do this instead of teaching for SO many reasons, and I believe strongly that I use my degree every day. My biggest annoyance was that he felt it was his place to tell me his thoughts. YOU DON'T KNOW ME!
Anyone else ever dissed for our profession?