DC now requiring day care workers to have college degrees
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Anonymous
Oh yeah completely comparable, one is a defined career path with ever increasing prestige and compensation as the years stack on while the other is a field where you're considered fortunate if you ever make it past the $15 dollar per hour mark. |
Anonymous
I don't think the general consensus is that childcare is easy like tending a farm. Heck most office jobs that "require a college degree" don't in fact require a degree to do the actual job. The college requirement only demonstrates the discipline and mental aptitude to go through four years' worth of education. Childcare is not one of these jobs. Instead of a degree, I think caregivers should be required to take a series of courses (e.g., first aid, infant care) to attain childcare certification in order to work for accredited daycare centers. Another point, the requirement would only exacerbate the unemployment problem and also increase child care costs, which is skyrocketingly unaffordable to some demographics. |
Anonymous
This is correct. Studies have shown that, the more expensive daycare gets, the fewer mothers work outside the home. It's an indirect way to get women out of the workplace. |
Anonymous
Agree that you definitely don't understand. The whole point is that you wouldn't have a choice. Rather, it is mandated. |
Anonymous
Cite proof that people with a college degree make better daycare providers please. |
Anonymous
Right. You're the only poster on this thread who knows how to take care of babies. The rest of us are in awe of you. 
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Anonymous
Zero. How astounding is that? |
Anonymous
DP. Who taught you how to properly care for your babies? |