Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. This conversation is very enlightening.

Most people on this thread assume that the care of a child 0-3 is basically tending a potato plant. Food, water, sun - they will be fine!

Right. You're the only poster on this thread who knows how to take care of babies. The rest of us are in awe of you.

DP. Who taught you how to properly care for your babies?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I were faced with a choice between two providers, one of whom had a degree in child development or something similar, and one who didn't, I'd pick the provider with the degree.

Frankly, it seems like such an obvious choice I don't even understand what the fuss is about.

Just how much extra would you pay for that degree, on an hourly basis?

Whatever the added cost premium was, it would be worth it for better personnel.

Same as in many other businesses. You pay a premium for better educated people, and you typically get better results for it.

Cite proof that people with a college degree make better daycare providers please.

Zero. How astounding is that?

Anonymous wrote:Wow. This conversation is very enlightening.

Most people on this thread assume that the care of a child 0-3 is basically tending a potato plant. Food, water, sun - they will be fine!

Right. You're the only poster on this thread who knows how to take care of babies. The rest of us are in awe of you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I were faced with a choice between two providers, one of whom had a degree in child development or something similar, and one who didn't, I'd pick the provider with the degree.

Frankly, it seems like such an obvious choice I don't even understand what the fuss is about.

Just how much extra would you pay for that degree, on an hourly basis?

Whatever the added cost premium was, it would be worth it for better personnel.

Same as in many other businesses. You pay a premium for better educated people, and you typically get better results for it.

Cite proof that people with a college degree make better daycare providers please.

Anonymous wrote:If I were faced with a choice between two providers, one of whom had a degree in child development or something similar, and one who didn't, I'd pick the provider with the degree.

Frankly, it seems like such an obvious choice I don't even understand what the fuss is about.

Agree that you definitely don't understand.

The whole point is that you wouldn't have a choice. Rather, it is mandated.

Anonymous wrote:Women should not support this. Who do you think the burden of childcare is going to fall on after half the daycares close and the costs skyrocket?

This is correct. Studies have shown that, the more expensive daycare gets, the fewer mothers work outside the home.

It's an indirect way to get women out of the workplace.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. This conversation is very enlightening.

Most people on this thread assume that the care of a child 0-3 is basically tending a potato plant. Food, water, sun - they will be fine!

I don't think the general consensus is that childcare is easy like tending a farm. Heck most office jobs that "require a college degree" don't in fact require a degree to do the actual job. The college requirement only demonstrates the discipline and mental aptitude to go through four years' worth of education. Childcare is not one of these jobs. Instead of a degree, I think caregivers should be required to take a series of courses (e.g., first aid, infant care) to attain childcare certification in order to work for accredited daycare centers.

Another point, the requirement would only exacerbate the unemployment problem and also increase child care costs, which is skyrocketingly unaffordable to some demographics.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone go through the effort and expense of earning a degree to work for peanuts? This credentialism is insane.

Why don't you ask almost any college professor.....

Oh yeah completely comparable, one is a defined career path with ever increasing prestige and compensation as the years stack on while the other is a field where you're considered fortunate if you ever make it past the $15 dollar per hour mark.