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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would you say taking care of children is not as important as a doctor, scientist or lawyer?

I think the problem we have as a society is not valuing childcare and education of children as much as we should..no matter who is doing it!  This is not just about SAHMs but also childcare workers of every kind.  And teachers.  We treat these things as low-skill, unimportant "women's work" and they are not.  I would argue they are some of the most important "jobs" in the world.

--a scientist (which I point out only because it is one of the supposedly noble professions you mentioned)[/quote]

+2 from a lawyer.[/quote]

I am one of those careers. I would just say that the reason they are considered professions is because of the education and institutional oversight that goes into this kind of work. You need to be constantly evaluated and your work is held to ethical standards.

With parenting, I think that valuing it appropriately would involve some kind of framework where caregivers take a range of parenting classes, learn about early childhood education, and are held to standards in the day to day practice. Obviously that would be complicated for all sorts of reasons but I think it would raise morale and make people understand the social value of what they do. Early childhood educators are already held to these standards and we as a society should invest more resources in credentialing and oversight if we want higher quality work and more talent attracted to those sectors. Right now the sector is full of transient workers because the standards are fairly easy to meet, and with nannies (for instance) almost any one can hang out a shingle. That isn’t the case in other countries.[/quote]

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