Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

10 days of vacation, and 3-5 sick days are normal, but some nannies with lots of experience may ask for more. This is the only industry that I know of where someone with over a decade of experience is expected to be satisfied with the benefits of a recent college grad...

Experience doesn't automatically translate into higher wages because the job details set the rate. Most parents don't need or want to pay a higher rate for toddler care unless the child has special needs or the nanny has an exceptional skill parents want to pay for, like a second language. Simply doing a job that requires no education or certification and one where experience doesn't equal a better nanny is not worth more money.

I couldn't disagree more. As a FTM I wanted a nanny with a lot of infant experience since neither DH nor I had it. And she is/was far more expensive than the other less experienced nannies we interviewed. She was also a college graduate with years of experience as a preschool teacher which is also something we found worth paying more for.

Just watching a kid takes no experience but teaching a child does require both experience and education.

And millions of drug addicted teens raise a kid with no knowledge of infants and no help and it all works out, but you want some child raising expert (self proclaimed)?