Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The difference is that I didn't go to school and get a masters degree to clean your toilet. I'm paid $40/hr and do childcare only. You can clean your own toilet!
I'm sure you're great at your job, but wow, $40 an hour? For that I'd want you to anything I asked you to. I also am amazed that there are many people willing to pay this when you can find excellent, educated nannies for half that. Good for you though
Anonymous wrote:I live overseas and my (American) friend has a Filipino nanny who nannies AND cooks AND cleans AND babysits. She doesn't have any relevant degrees. She's just a nice, reliable, hard working person. My friend doesn't seem to care about whether the nanny has any background in child development. My friend lives in a diplomatic area and every situation is like this. I've visited friends around the world and it seems the same. With the exception of my extremely wealthy cousin who lives in India and has two nannies assigned to his twins, plus a full staff for cooking and cleaning, every other "domestic" seems to cook, clean, and babysit. As a SAHM "domestic" myself for a while, I also cooked, cleaned, and provided childcare (with no child development degree). Why is the American nanny so...specific...that they are nanny and insulted to do anything that pertains to the household (see the post about the lady who didn't want to wash the family napkins) and are parents really that concerned with degrees etc-they don't seem to care overseas, that is for sure!
Anonymous wrote:Your nice lady who does whatever is needed, is not a nanny. She's more like a housekeeper who does babysitting, as needed.
Anonymous wrote:If you grow up in America and have a strong work ethic, you don't become a nanny. You get a high paying job, since there are many opportunities here.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Your nice lady who does whatever is needed, is not a nanny. She's more like a housekeeper who does babysitting, as needed.
I think that's a false distinction everywhere but in the US and DCUM.
Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why people are so up in arms. When I was a SAHM, I did all those duties 24/7 and did not get paid at all. I don’t see the problem in having staff handle more than one duty.
Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why people are so up in arms. When I was a SAHM, I did all those duties 24/7 and did not get paid at all. I don’t see the problem in having staff handle more than one duty.