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Not the PP, but what you've said is truly astounding to me.  "Nannies impact a very small segment of society... a nanny's contribution is less valuable to society than the contributions of a lawyer or doctor."  This is the person you've entrusted your own children to.  The person who is supposed to keep them safe from harm, every minute that you're not with them.  I'm appalled at your complete lack of empathy towards your own children.  I guess anyone with a pulse and a driver's license will do just fine.  [/quote]
No matter how much I love my children and want them to be well taken care of, a pediatric cardiac surgeon who saves ten lives a day, every day, is objectively more important to society than my nanny. It has nothing to do with how much empathy I have for my children.  It has everything to do with recognizing there are other things - besides my children - that are important to this world. If my nanny does a mediocre job, the impact of that is two children who had mediocre care.  The impact of a surgeon not doing his job is ten dead children a day. I think we can all do the math. [/quote]

You can't compare their roles directly: the surgeon performs an act that takes a few hours, and never sees her patients again. A nanny becomes a primary caregiver: reading to the children, singing to them, asking the children about their day, comforting them, feeding them. The value of what a nanny (or parent) does is in the aggregate - the many small acts performed through the years.

The kid isn't going to remember the surgeon who saved his life. He will remember the love and care he received from his nanny. Maybe you don't see that as being as valuable as what the surgeon does, but I do. You can't compare the way a person was raised with the medical care they received during an emergency.[/quote]

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