@SeagoingSexpot
I live in a council estate in the middle of a shit town, where the hell does someone find a nanny!!!!!!
Well, effectively a nanny is anybody who looks after your child in your home. Experienced nannies aren't going to be thick on the ground, no, but more because of lack of people able to pay normal nanny wages rather than lack of people with the skills. Two families clubbing together to pay a 19yo childcare student with DBS minimum wage and split the cost could legitimately be called a "nanny" situation and may be workable for some. I'm not suggesting it's a solution for all. But it is an option. I haven't seen any indication that nanny wages have gone up; rather the opposite, that there are many many young people at a loose end and in need of some cash who are willing and available.
Jesus. In the middle of the pandemic we are talking about the desperate exhausted working parents, possibly single parents on their last nerve, 'clubbing together with another family to find a kid who iis dbs checked and
pay them minimum wage.
Wow.
An absolute disaster waiting to happen. Many many kids have dbs checks, through doing childcare courses, first jobs in care, hospital etc.
doesn't necessarily follow that they will be good with our kids.
Anybody who is experienced in childcare will know their worth and they will definitely be cashing in with higher prices just as other businessez are.
And also... Minimum wage 19 year old? Spoken like a true capitalist. Let's see how many people we can exploit during this global disaster shall we?
Desperate parents. Skint inexperienced kids, small innocent children lumped in with another family they might not know and looked after by a bloody stranger being paid peanuts.
A decent experienced nanny is not the type of person you can use for modern day slavery anymore.
Laws and restrictions have changed.
People who use tax credits towards childcare costs can
only use the money to pay for ofsted registered childcare, so all you lucky and clueless women banging on about using friends, family, virtual strangers, how are you proposing parents fund this?
And those saying that we should have prepared by not taking leave, I have not taken any leave since lockdown started.
With my part time hours I still only have a couple of weeks to cover the holidays. My leave allowance automatically deducts Christmas and Easter so I have already had leave taken from my small allowance, plus we still have no idea whether October half term is covered by holiday clubs.
I have no family support due to a toxic and abusive upbringing. I am exhausted and on my last nerve due to having disability and mental health issues and I could have done with holiday weeks before now, instead I'm battling through with panic attacks, dread, fear, loneliness and no support from anywhere.
I know many people who don't have family support nearby or at all.
It's not as straightforward as people here think.
People on here make me sick sometimes.