Modern Day Mary Poppins'

I stumbled upon this article that gives a very interesting insight into the world of nannying. Below I have posted a link of an article posted today on MSN.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/11/20143192-modern-day-mary-poppins-college-graduates-embrace-nannying-as-career?lite&ocid=msnhp&pos=1

This article discusses the latest job trend on the market for graduating women - nannying. It is becoming a requirement rather than a request for families that their nanny has a college degree. Young women trained to be doctors, engineers, business executives, and other various jobs are trading in their fancy degrees for fancy nannying position. Women entering in this field with college degrees are making an average of $16, witch many even racking in salaries as large as 6 figures. From these salary figures it might not be that surprising that recent graduates are turning to nannying; however a lot of women cited in this article state they ultimately turned to nannying after failing to find other job opportunities in their desire fields.

From this it seems that even while more women are currently attending college in the United States than men, that after graduating women are still turning to the traditional "homemaker" positions. I am left to wonder what effects this trend will have on society?

In all honestly I am a nanny - and even more importantly I love it. I have been a nanny for the past 5 summers, working anywhere from 30-60 hours for a given family. It is a great feeling to be welcomed into a family as someone they trust enough to care for their children when they are unable to. A lot of the times a nanny job results in figuratively being adopted into the family. In my personal case I have 3 past families that I have worked for that still to this day I know I could call at a moments notice and they would be there for me and I be there for them. I'm a proud nanny. What does this mean though?

Does this mean that I am only meant to be a "homemaker" or that society can dismiss me in the work force? No. For these reasons I think that it is appalling that the women in these articles felt they could only find a job in the nanny field. Women graduates should have the same opportunities that males have.

At the same time though nannying might be the smartest job move a recent graduate could make. In the 3 long-term nanny positions I have held, I held substantial pay increased as opposed to my friends and have since been offered several fantastic job opportunities in my desired work field (PR and Advertising). So do I think nannying is bad? Absolutely not, I think its a great career choice. Do I think women be forced to nanny is bad? Absolutely, the job market should be a level playing field.