Anonymous wrote:You ARE unprofessional teenage girls. This board has been overrun with idiot 20 year old so called nannies lacking in ANY common sense. You bring down the reputation of the entire profession. You perpetuate the image of the lazy, unskilled nanny by focusing more on enjoying the "perks" of the position than doing actual work. You wonder why you can't find a higher paying job. The OP isn't looking for a "fair" rate. She is looking for a high rate and is just too dumb to realize that she isn't qualified to work anywhere beyond fast food. You need to be actually qualified to find a higher paying job and once you get it you have to do actual work.

Anonymous wrote:

I don't mean to be critical, but I see many ads like yours all the time. How can you be 23 and already have eight yrs of nanny experience? Did you start working as a professional nanny at fifteen??

+1000 OP, I'll be more blunt. One of the reasons that MBs hesitate to hire young nannies is because they lack judgement and experience. If you are trying to count your teenage and pre-teen years as experience in your ad, you just look like a fool. It backs up the notion that young nannies lack judgement and don't even know what they don't know.

If you add this to the inability to a drive in area that is generally lacking in public transportation to kid activity places and preschools, you are barely worth minimum wage. Yes, you need a job, Yes, you would like to make enough to pay for your iPhone. However, there are about a zillion more qualified nannies in front of you with actual experience and who can meet basic job requirements.

You are better off finding a job a in daycare center. Some centers will send you to training where you can work on getting a child development certificate. You can get more real experience with infants and move up to being an assist in a preschooler class. If the center is accredited, you will need to get a degree or at least an associate degree to be more than an assistant. The pay is not great but it will give you more solid experience and not require driving. The downside is that it more work as you can't run your own errands, talk to your friends and surf the web while working.

I don't mean to be critical, but I see many ads like yours all the time. How can you be 23 and already have eight yrs of nanny experience? Did you start working as a professional nanny at fifteen??

Anonymous wrote:DC is expensive. Have you looked at prices for apartments in the area? Make sure you can afford where you want to live before you move! And many places want proof of income, because they want you to make 3x the cost of rent.

Unless I knew the nanny very well, there's absolutely no way I'd let my child sleep in a stranger's home overnight.

Anonymous wrote:Its never been an issue for me, and I do not adjust my rates because of it. I work with young infants for the most part, and in areas easily accessed by public transport. In fact most of my bosses haven't even been aware that I don't/won't drive. Honestly, I'm a horrible driver and have no desire to take on the responsibility of driving kids. We bus and metro it up, and its a big adventure for them.

Anonymous wrote:I don't mean to be critical, but I see many ads like yours all the time. How can you be 23 and already have eight yrs of nanny experience? Did you start working as a professional nanny at fifteen??

Also, if you watch children in your home, be prepared to take a pay cut since you won't have any commuting costs and the parents will.

Anonymous wrote:Get CPR/First Aid Certs and great refrences. Try to look good on paper (driving aside). You'll eventually find a family although the search may be a little tougher for you.