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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just watched a documentary about rampant sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts so this is freshly on my mind but I don’t think I trust people who want to work around kids.

I just guess I can’t understand their reasoning unless it’s nefarious?

The pay in these jobs is always very low and very rarely have good benefits.  I just don’t believe people do it because they “love” other peoples kids.  I love my kid, but not really anyone else’s.  I don’t want them harmed of course but never would I willingly spend any amount of time with someone else’s kids.  Kids are gross and obnoxious.  The only reason I can see people putting up with it would be if they’re their kids or they’re paid incredibly well to put up with it.

And I don’t want to seem like I’m demonizing educators.  I can somewhat understand the draw for teachers.  I’m sure helping young people learn can give some people an internal, moral drive.

But I just can’t shake this suspicion of yeah, obviously volunteer based work like Cub Scout leaders or children’s swim coaches or any job where an adult chooses to spend a lot of time with children often without parents.

My baby is an infant and only is cared for by myself, my DH and my mother but at some point I’ll have to let her be under the care of someone else and it just really scares me.

We toured a daycare when DD was about 4 months old and I just thought… why would anyone work here?  It seemed like hell and the pay was abysmal.  My mind couldn’t shake the idea that these people just wanted access to my kid and it freaked me out.

Call me crazy, but think about it.  What benefits are there?  Why would some 40-year-old choose to spend all day with other peoples kids making $15 an hour when they could have an easier job with adult interaction and make $18 an hour?  I just can’t believe it’s a “goodness of their heart” thing.  People don’t work like that. [/quote]

I work in a traditional part-time preschool:  we are open September to May and the children only attend for 3 hours a day.  I make a little over $20 an hour.  I'm an assistant teacher.  I have a Master's Degree in a completely different field and had a "career" before I had my own children.  Why do I work there?  I have children at home and it's a great way for me to work a little outside of the home and never have to worry about daycare.  When my children have a snow day, our preschool has a snow day.  I'm fortunate in that I don't have to work but I also like having a little of my own money.  My job is fun.  I never stress about my job.  I work with 3, 4 and 5 year olds.  I'm not the teacher so I'm not planning any lesson plans.  I don't have to interact with the parents, other than making small talk.  I show up about 15 minutes before class starts and leave 15 minutes after it ends.  I get to color, sing songs, dance, dig in the sand, eat a snack.  Yes, sometimes it's gross.  I've had to deal with vomit, messy diapers, green yucky snot, etc.  Believe me, every year there is at least one child who I hope is absent every day.  But the positives far outweigh the negatives.   This is why I spend hours every day with other peoples' kids making $20 an hour.[/quote]

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