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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with a lot of comments -

For kids under four, the “education” provided at half day preschools is equivalent to that at quality daycares. (I had four kids go through half day preschool).

Parents use “school” instead of daycare because of (1) society’s negative perceptions of daycare or (2) some weird mom guilt thing.

(I say this as someone who had a nanny for many, many years). Nannies are overvalued. I think parents need to justify spending $60k per year on childcare so t[b]hey convince themselves that their nanny is so much better than a daycare worker.[/b] In doing so, they characterize daycares and daycare workers as inferior when really those workers often have the same credentials and temperament as a nanny. [/quote]

Your particular nanny may not have been worth the cost. My nanny is a much better carer than a daycare worker and worth every penny.[/quote]

But how would you know this? It depends on the nanny and on the daycare, which I think is the PP’s point. Your nanny may be better, and that’s great. We have a wonderful daycare where several of the care providers have a Bachelor’s degree in teaching or are currently studying to get one. I’m going to guess the majority of nannies don’t have that. And that’s okay. But to say one is unequivocally better than the other is too simplistic.[/quote]

Not to mention for some families a nanny is just not better logistically. If you have two parents WFH in an apartment, it really doesn't work. Hell, I have a friend with a decent sized house who was thrilled to send her kids back to daycare because they were all at home.[/quote]

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