Full-time Nanny with SAHP - Why?

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Full-time Nanny with SAHP - Why?
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Tue, 02-10-2004 - 6:41pm
Something I've often wondered about, but never had the opportunity to ask. Why do SAHM or SAHD need a full time nanny, especially when they aren't working from home. I can easily see the need if the SAHP is a WAHP, but what is the logic for a full time nanny otherwise?

Any comments?

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 11:53am
I'd prefer them to work PT to pay for their needs other than a set amount we determine towards tuition, room and board.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 11:58am
Guess they'd better get good grades and pick up a scholarship then. Or get jobs. Or both, to keep themselves from being saddled with debt.
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Thu, 02-19-2004 - 12:01pm
What?

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 12:35pm
I'm a business woman, I know full well what supply and demand means, thanks all the same. The survey I found on salary for nanny's in the US shows that indeed the range for professional nanny's in your state is from $9 to $19 per hour.

Guess you pay on the very highest end of the scale. That's fine. Our nanny is exceptionally wonderful, and the health and happiness of our twins attest to that fact. Frankly we'd pay her twice what we do but...she asked for $8 and that's what we pay her.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 12:37pm
Your children's Australian citizenship isn't rubbish; it is a golden key. If nothing else, having dual citizenship is a HUGE economic advantage in today's world. By virtue of my dual citizenship, DS has an EU passport; it will effectively double his job opportunities when he is of age to start a career."

You can't have dual citizenship if you are American. At 18, you have to chose one or the other. My kids will also have an EU passport, and Australian, but...they can't be citizens of both countries thanks to US law.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 12:50pm
I meant that's another viable option. Heck, if they got full scholarships somewhere nice they just might resent you and your DH having left them with a nanny while you slaved away to cover the educational costs they didn't have.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 12:56pm
That is, beer and pizza? ;-) I worked for both my regular expenses and my extras, never had to get $ from my parents beyond what the college expected from their funds - and I paid them back for that.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 1:05pm

Wrong again.


You have added that a ft sitter would cause a financial strain on the people involved to make this fit your bias.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 1:09pm
But some people view volunteering as a DIRECT benefit to their family first and the world second.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 02-19-2004 - 1:12pm
It depends on the volunteering.

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