“I am a nanny and here are the amazing messages that parents send me to look after their children”

Young parents know well that having children is not easy. However, some parents seem to consider that keeping their children could be a voluntary activity. At least that’s the experience faced by Sophia Pagliuca, an American nanny. The young woman has been working in this profession for 7 years in South Carolina, in the United States.

And regularly, she receives requests from parents to look after their children. Amazing requests since some offer a ridiculous salary or even no salary to take care of the children. The nanny therefore decided to share screenshots of the worst messages received on TikTok. A video viewed more than 3.6 million times.

These parents offer a pittance to this nanny

Among the list of worst messages received by parents, the nanny shares this one, where parents offer her between 150 and 200 dollars per month for 11 to 12 hours of work per day. “We have a budget of 150 to 200 dollars but we would prefer to avoid shared custody. We would need you Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. or 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Furthermore, we have a lot of leave so we won’t need you all the time, which means we won’t be able to guarantee you the volume of hours all the time.” How to refuse such an opportunity?

For other parents, it’s simply paid under the table. “We have always paid under the table because we use tax money for social benefits. So you will not be able to benefit from health insurance or paid leave.

Parents who live on another planet

Not forgetting those parents who offer night work, with ridiculous pay because the children are sleeping so it’s not really a job. “I need someone to watch my kids at night but as they sleep, you will not work somehow. I don’t have an extra bed but if you want to wash my sheets you can use my bed. I have a recliner or sofa otherwise but the recliner is more comfortable. I think about $30 for 4 nights, the hours of the week are 7:30 p.m. to 5 a.m.

And the prize of gold goes to those parents who think that the nanny can work 60 hours a week while managing 4 children. “I need help 4 children, approximately 60 hours per week. But some weeks it will be 10 to 15 hours. Problem: we’ve had trouble finding people who don’t want to be paid for 60 hours even if we don’t work as much…”. All these indecent proposals obviously did not fail to shock Internet users to the highest degree!

Passionate about women’s news, Agathe has been deciphering the latest trends for aufeminin since 2022. Her favorite areas? Psychology, nutrition and well-being advice, without forgetting the tips…