Nanny Shares Screenshots Of The Most Entitled Things Parents Have Asked For And Goes Viral
While some folks might see being a nanny as just a babysitting position with better PR, the reality is that it’s a combination of very high responsibilities and uneven hours. In some cases, the nanny even lives with the kids they are looking after, all on a wage that is practically unlivable.
So professional nanny Sophia Pagliuca decided to share some of the worst texts she has gotten from delusional and entitled parents. From absurd wages to weird demands, some folks seemed to think she did her job just for fun.
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Being a nanny often means a lot of responsibility coupled with long hours
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So one professional nanny shared texts from parents who offered terrible rates and conditions
Some parents even thought she would be enticed by free housing and no pay
A good nanny has a balance a lot of spinning plates
The folks offering miniscule sums of money, including an hourly wage that falls greatly below the minimum, seem to be living in some strange delusion. If a full time, professional nanny only costs, say, a hundred dollars a week, why doesn’t every single family have one? After all, some babysitters will charge that for a couple of hours, it’s practically a steal! Unfortunately, a proper, professional and self respecting nanny will charge real money.
Unfortunately, like many cheap middle managers or landlords painting over defects in a tenants apartment, some folks seem to not really understand the value of money. Imagine the labor that goes into being a nanny, as well as the responsibility. Something happens to those kids? Your fault.
The nanny has to stay with them, entertain them, often feed and transport them. As Sophia Pagliuca states in a separate video (which can be found below), there are a whole slew of other tasks a nanny might end up doing, from laundry to cleaning the home. Some parents might argue that the nanny isn’t doing anything half the time, as the kids are, for example, sleeping.
Some parents seem deeply misinformed about what things cost
By this logic, night guards or “mall cops” shouldn’t be paid either, as actual break-ins or robberies are few and far between. This is obviously not how the world works. There are days when a farmer does not have as much to do. Many office jobs have their own degree of “busy work” one messes around with until they get an email.
It’s also worth noting that if the nanny is already doing “so little” as to warrant a measly $5 an hour, why can’t one of the parents just do it anyway? After all, it’s so little work they say themselves and never mind that the nanny can be using that hour elsewhere to make a lot more. Part of this may stem from the fact that many of these parents haven’t worked this sort of job in over two decades and don’t seem to understand what a livable wage is. It wouldn’t be the first time that folks don’t understand how the economy has changed over the last few decades.
Similarly, some parents might have quite old fashioned ideas about the classic “babysitter” who gets a handful of dollars. This is not to say that a babysitter should remain underpaid, but once the nanny is chauffeuring the kids around, there is a new level of responsibility which should come with more money. There are no doubt some parents who know that a few college students are so desperate that they will basically take anything they are given, but for the vast majority, these offers are insulting.
Look at it from another perspective, as a parent, if you were going to entrust your kids for hours on end to a stranger, who would also feed them and drive them around, would you not want to pay top dollar for a person with a solid reputation? Unfortunately, entitlement and just being plain ol’ out of touch seems to have done its damage.
Viewers were shocked an appalled
She also posted some helpful tips for other nannies about how to share your rates
@lifeofsophiag Replying to @Francesca Luca Part one!!! How to text parents who youre going to babysit or nanny for!! #nannytok #babysittingtok #babysittingadvice #nannyadvice #nannyvlog #nannysalary #nannylife #nannytiktok #fypシ ♬ original sound – SOPHIA | NANNY LIFESTYLE 💌
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I’ve never understood the “I have a kid so you should do everything for cheap/free for me” mentality
Because their kids are little angels (Insert eyeroll here), and she'd JUST be sitting on her butt anyway...(another eyeroll)!
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People say “but I only make x how do you expect me to pay for it” but also expect their nanny to manage on a fraction the wage!
I want to scream: "If you can't afford to pay a sitter a decent wage, or pay for childcare, then you can't afford children!" People have kids when they can barely afford to take care of themselves. It never occurs to them that they'll need money to raise kids.
Load More Replies... Free gym membership = my husband will be using the dumbbells and rowing machine in your bedroom!
Exactly! Also says alot about her selling a rowing machine ans dumbbells as a "gym" worth $100 month lol
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I used to be a professional nanny, but I live in a somewhat wealthy area so people were usually willing to pay my rate. If they weren't I never worked for them. I had excellent references and was always in high demand, so I didn't need to. (I realize that I was lucky. There are many foreign women who get taken advantage of when it comes to home/child care because they are in desperate situations) I The one family I was with for several years treated me like a member of the family and spoiled me with bonuses and healthcare. Trust me, you REALLY don't want to cheap out on child care. I would see those "cheap" nannies at the park/playground with kids and they were either looking at their phone or sleeping while the children they were "watching" ran wild or did crazy dangerous stuff. I was never more than arm's length away from "my" kid and it was horrifying to me. I once had to wake another nanny up in the library because the BABY she was watching was crawling around ripping books off the shelves - while she slept in a chair, oblivious to everything. It blows my mind that parents put their kids in situations like that because they're cheapskates.
Sorry for the novel, but someone else said that nannies are a luxury, and that's absolutely correct. A nanny is going to be a lot more expensive than daycare. Because they are focusing on YOUR kid(s) only vs 1 or 2 people at daycare responsible for 10+ others at a time. It's individualized care and you get what you pay for!
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If you can't afford children then DON'T HAVE THEM. Why would somone work for free to care for your 'little angels'? Get real.
One of the myriad reasons why I did not have kids and am glad of it. It is just too expensive and it is nobody else's effing problem. Imagine telling someone they need to live off of $175 a week for full time work with a straight face. Y'all....
If you can't stay home and raise your own child, and can't pay for childcare a reasonable wage for such an important task because you don't make enough money, is it in ANY way reasonable to expect strangers to sacrifice THEIR lives to raise your children as charity to you?
I wish childcare was free. I struggled to find an affordable daycare for my daughter. The rates are insane. I’m not going to expect someone to work for free and I do understand they have to live/survive too, but damn if the rates at some places are almost as much as my rent.
The solution is that governments subsidize daycare centres. Germany already does this and in Berlin children have a legal right to a free kindergarten place. It is expensive but the result is parents working and contributing to the economy.
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In my work I work with kids a lot. The "my kids are so well behaved" huge red flag. The good ones dont brag about that ahead of time, they ask part way through and expext to hear yes but prepared to hear no.
I don’t understand this mentality. They want someone 40/60 hours a week which leaves no room for a second job and wants to pay them $3 an hour for that…., how do they expect the nanny to live? Pay rent? Buy food?
Love that one complaining how hard it is to make ends meet. No one forced you to have kids, and most people are struggling to make ends meet, even without kids. If you can't pay a nanny, you don't hire a nanny.
4 and 8 MONTHS !?! THAT'S WHEN THEY ASK THE MOST WORK!!!! WTF? "Angels" ? At that age they're not angels. They are bottomless stomachs and poop machines
I agree that people should be paid for their work. A nanny, particularly a live in nanny, should be properly compensated. I disagree that it should be considered a luxury. I know different countries have different expectations, but I can see how some people might be asking to pay less, if they are struggling. Child care is so difficult, where I am. It's so expensive compared to pay, and it's not even necessarily cheaper to find a day care. There's not enough oversight to make sure kids are safe. If you don't have family to help, it can be a nightmare. It's why people start trying to bring their kids to work, where there's also no child care, and that's a whole new mess. I wish it were different. It would be nice if could care weren't considered a luxury, just like health care shouldn't be considered a luxury. Regardless of how you feel about parents, (and some really are scumbags looking to scam) the kids suffer.
"Nanny acting like she should be paid ceo salary and treated like a queen. You have no f*****g clue how hard it is for people with kids to make ends meet." Y'all ran yourselves into a corner and smashed into it. You wanted children, you got it. Y'all f****d around and found out. Y'all are the ones who don't want abortion to be legal or easy to access. It's not just "people with children" who are having a hard time bub, it's EVERYONE. Grow the f**k up and deal with your decisions. You can't have a luxury? Too f*****g bad. It's entitlement like that that got the economy into the state it's in now, you just don't have the money to back up that mouth of yours.
Just because your kids sleep, doesn't mean the sitter/nanny is free to do whatever they want ... for instance, they can't just get up and leave for that 1 hour nap time. Parents who think that "my angles will be sleeping" but a very low value on their children's lives!!!
Kinda like those morons here who leave their kid in a turned off car, in 100+ degree heat, to go into a building, because "I wOn'T bE mOrE tHaN a MiNuTe!" And may the ones burn who get mad at people who break the glass to save their kids. I will spit on those birth-givers' graves.
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Kids are 12,10 and 8 and she can chill while they do whatever ?!?!?! And kids this age go to bed at around 23.30?? It's not a bit late ?
For a full-time position raising your children?
Load More Replies... College student, but doesn't know "costed" isn't a word. The word is COST.
Costed is a word (I don't like it, but it is), and used in the manner she did in some English-speaking places. I had to google it because I'm American and costed isn't correct for me.
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A lot of hate here. If you make 20 hrly there's no way you can pay someone 22 or the other way, whatever. Childcare can be hard but it's not worth 20 an hour. Kids happen when when you're being careful. I bet if the shoe was in the other foot and these people were looking for a sitter they would think this is crazy expensive. Seriously my husband and I make 10,000 less than this person only wanting one job. If you want to be mad at someone be mad at their bosses who are rolling in income but not paying employees enough to live on.
So your kids aren't worth $20 an hour? It's not the nanny's problem you can't afford one. You be mad at your boss instead.
Load More Replies... I’ve never understood the “I have a kid so you should do everything for cheap/free for me” mentality
Because their kids are little angels (Insert eyeroll here), and she'd JUST be sitting on her butt anyway...(another eyeroll)!
Load More Replies... People say “but I only make x how do you expect me to pay for it” but also expect their nanny to manage on a fraction the wage!
I want to scream: "If you can't afford to pay a sitter a decent wage, or pay for childcare, then you can't afford children!" People have kids when they can barely afford to take care of themselves. It never occurs to them that they'll need money to raise kids.
Load More Replies... Free gym membership = my husband will be using the dumbbells and rowing machine in your bedroom!
Exactly! Also says alot about her selling a rowing machine ans dumbbells as a "gym" worth $100 month lol
Load More Replies... I used to be a professional nanny, but I live in a somewhat wealthy area so people were usually willing to pay my rate. If they weren't I never worked for them. I had excellent references and was always in high demand, so I didn't need to. (I realize that I was lucky. There are many foreign women who get taken advantage of when it comes to home/child care because they are in desperate situations) I The one family I was with for several years treated me like a member of the family and spoiled me with bonuses and healthcare. Trust me, you REALLY don't want to cheap out on child care. I would see those "cheap" nannies at the park/playground with kids and they were either looking at their phone or sleeping while the children they were "watching" ran wild or did crazy dangerous stuff. I was never more than arm's length away from "my" kid and it was horrifying to me. I once had to wake another nanny up in the library because the BABY she was watching was crawling around ripping books off the shelves - while she slept in a chair, oblivious to everything. It blows my mind that parents put their kids in situations like that because they're cheapskates.
Sorry for the novel, but someone else said that nannies are a luxury, and that's absolutely correct. A nanny is going to be a lot more expensive than daycare. Because they are focusing on YOUR kid(s) only vs 1 or 2 people at daycare responsible for 10+ others at a time. It's individualized care and you get what you pay for!
Load More Replies... If you can't afford children then DON'T HAVE THEM. Why would somone work for free to care for your 'little angels'? Get real.
One of the myriad reasons why I did not have kids and am glad of it. It is just too expensive and it is nobody else's effing problem. Imagine telling someone they need to live off of $175 a week for full time work with a straight face. Y'all....
If you can't stay home and raise your own child, and can't pay for childcare a reasonable wage for such an important task because you don't make enough money, is it in ANY way reasonable to expect strangers to sacrifice THEIR lives to raise your children as charity to you?
I wish childcare was free. I struggled to find an affordable daycare for my daughter. The rates are insane. I’m not going to expect someone to work for free and I do understand they have to live/survive too, but damn if the rates at some places are almost as much as my rent.
The solution is that governments subsidize daycare centres. Germany already does this and in Berlin children have a legal right to a free kindergarten place. It is expensive but the result is parents working and contributing to the economy.
Load More Replies... In my work I work with kids a lot. The "my kids are so well behaved" huge red flag. The good ones dont brag about that ahead of time, they ask part way through and expext to hear yes but prepared to hear no.
I don’t understand this mentality. They want someone 40/60 hours a week which leaves no room for a second job and wants to pay them $3 an hour for that…., how do they expect the nanny to live? Pay rent? Buy food?
Love that one complaining how hard it is to make ends meet. No one forced you to have kids, and most people are struggling to make ends meet, even without kids. If you can't pay a nanny, you don't hire a nanny.
4 and 8 MONTHS !?! THAT'S WHEN THEY ASK THE MOST WORK!!!! WTF? "Angels" ? At that age they're not angels. They are bottomless stomachs and poop machines
I agree that people should be paid for their work. A nanny, particularly a live in nanny, should be properly compensated. I disagree that it should be considered a luxury. I know different countries have different expectations, but I can see how some people might be asking to pay less, if they are struggling. Child care is so difficult, where I am. It's so expensive compared to pay, and it's not even necessarily cheaper to find a day care. There's not enough oversight to make sure kids are safe. If you don't have family to help, it can be a nightmare. It's why people start trying to bring their kids to work, where there's also no child care, and that's a whole new mess. I wish it were different. It would be nice if could care weren't considered a luxury, just like health care shouldn't be considered a luxury. Regardless of how you feel about parents, (and some really are scumbags looking to scam) the kids suffer.
"Nanny acting like she should be paid ceo salary and treated like a queen. You have no f*****g clue how hard it is for people with kids to make ends meet." Y'all ran yourselves into a corner and smashed into it. You wanted children, you got it. Y'all f****d around and found out. Y'all are the ones who don't want abortion to be legal or easy to access. It's not just "people with children" who are having a hard time bub, it's EVERYONE. Grow the f**k up and deal with your decisions. You can't have a luxury? Too f*****g bad. It's entitlement like that that got the economy into the state it's in now, you just don't have the money to back up that mouth of yours.
Just because your kids sleep, doesn't mean the sitter/nanny is free to do whatever they want ... for instance, they can't just get up and leave for that 1 hour nap time. Parents who think that "my angles will be sleeping" but a very low value on their children's lives!!!
Kinda like those morons here who leave their kid in a turned off car, in 100+ degree heat, to go into a building, because "I wOn'T bE mOrE tHaN a MiNuTe!" And may the ones burn who get mad at people who break the glass to save their kids. I will spit on those birth-givers' graves.
Load More Replies... Kids are 12,10 and 8 and she can chill while they do whatever ?!?!?! And kids this age go to bed at around 23.30?? It's not a bit late ?
For a full-time position raising your children?
Load More Replies... College student, but doesn't know "costed" isn't a word. The word is COST.
Costed is a word (I don't like it, but it is), and used in the manner she did in some English-speaking places. I had to google it because I'm American and costed isn't correct for me.
Load More Replies... A lot of hate here. If you make 20 hrly there's no way you can pay someone 22 or the other way, whatever. Childcare can be hard but it's not worth 20 an hour. Kids happen when when you're being careful. I bet if the shoe was in the other foot and these people were looking for a sitter they would think this is crazy expensive. Seriously my husband and I make 10,000 less than this person only wanting one job. If you want to be mad at someone be mad at their bosses who are rolling in income but not paying employees enough to live on.
So your kids aren't worth $20 an hour? It's not the nanny's problem you can't afford one. You be mad at your boss instead.
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