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[quote=Anonymous]OP, the thing to remember is that not everyone feels the same as you do about other people’s kids.  I love my kids but I also just… really love kids.  I used to volunteer with a coding camp where we had a crowd of 6-9 year olds to handle and I thought it was amazingly fun!  Exhausting for sure but fun!  I love how their minds work and they way they look at the world that less informed by societal norms and how they’re still impressed by adults.  (I am dreading the teen years with my kids.  I didn’t understand teenagers when I was a teenager.)

If I had had fewer career options or been less good at school I might seriously have consider a career in elementary or preschool education.  I still considered nannying the summer after my junior year of college instead of taking a prestigious internship because I was feeling burnt out and miserable with my chosen white collar career path.  I ended up sticking with the white collar internship and then job and I’m glad I did because frankly money is nice but if I had not been able to afford to attend a great college or hadn’t had the kind of brain that did well with computer work, ECE might have been a good fit for me.  So no, I don’t assume everyone who wants to work with children is a creep.  I assume they like working with kids and didn’t have the opportunity or skills or interests to pursue something more lucrative.

That being said, I do understand your point of view too.  I barely have any babysitters because I’m nervous at leaving my children with adults I haven’t really thoroughly vetted (in my case the anxiety is based in them being inattentive rather than intentionally abusive).  For me this anxiety has eased as the kids get older and are less entirely dependent on their caregivers.  I hope your anxiety eases too.[/quote]

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