Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My nanny started college in her country, but had to quit for financial reasons. She is nice, smart, loving, problem solvers, lives my kids and has 3 kids herself. She is patient and creative… much more than I am. She is a stable presence in my kids’ lives and since we don’t have relatives nearby, her family plays a very important role in my kids’ lives. Nanny’s kids (and husband) often hang out together with my kids, go to parks, zoo, museums, etc. she is really great!

I have a PhD and DH has a masters. We are clearly “book” smart… much more than nanny is, but she has qualities we don’t have. I would never work as a nanny and a woman with a bachelor degree that does, might not be that smart if she can’t get a better job with career prospects.

You might want to think about what would happen if all the college educated nannies that you consider “not…that smart” all quit working as nannies so they could “get a better job with career prospects”. Think about who would be providing the nanny care families count on…

I’m glad you admit your inability to handle working as a nanny. It’s great to be self-aware enough that you know you’d be awful at a specific career.

You should work on your intellectual snobbery next. Assuming a college educated nanny only does the job because she’s too stupid to have a big important career makes it clear just how little respect you have for the people who make your life work.

My whole point is that a college degree does not make you smart and THAT is something that in my opinion is important. You don’t need someone that can take tests and answer multiple choice questions. You do need someone who is smart, creative, patient, loving and someone that experience with kids. A college degree (especially for young kids) is useless.

Being with someone from another country might be a lot more eye and mind opening than a young American college graduate. Teaching your kids a different language, culture, way of life, etc. is much more important (in my opinion) than someone that has a large vocabulary…

We all have different priorities in raising our kids and value different traits in our care takers. A college degree is pretty close to the bottom of my list of priorities.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My nanny started college in her country, but had to quit for financial reasons. She is nice, smart, loving, problem solvers, lives my kids and has 3 kids herself. She is patient and creative… much more than I am. She is a stable presence in my kids’ lives and since we don’t have relatives nearby, her family plays a very important role in my kids’ lives. Nanny’s kids (and husband) often hang out together with my kids, go to parks, zoo, museums, etc. she is really great!

I have a PhD and DH has a masters. We are clearly “book” smart… much more than nanny is, but she has qualities we don’t have. I would never work as a nanny and a woman with a bachelor degree that does, might not be that smart if she can’t get a better job with career prospects.

You might want to think about what would happen if all the college educated nannies that you consider “not…that smart” all quit working as nannies so they could “get a better job with career prospects”. Think about who would be providing the nanny care families count on…

I’m glad you admit your inability to handle working as a nanny. It’s great to be self-aware enough that you know you’d be awful at a specific career.

You should work on your intellectual snobbery next. Assuming a college educated nanny only does the job because she’s too stupid to have a big important career makes it clear just how little respect you have for the people who make your life work.

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of education level, I would not want the same nanny for along time unless you keep having new babies. The best nanny for babies is a completely different kind of person than the best nanny for a six-year-old.

So I would not worry about having to change nannies.

Anonymous wrote:My nanny started college in her country, but had to quit for financial reasons. She is nice, smart, loving, problem solvers, lives my kids and has 3 kids herself. She is patient and creative… much more than I am. She is a stable presence in my kids’ lives and since we don’t have relatives nearby, her family plays a very important role in my kids’ lives. Nanny’s kids (and husband) often hang out together with my kids, go to parks, zoo, museums, etc. she is really great!

I have a PhD and DH has a masters. We are clearly “book” smart… much more than nanny is, but she has qualities we don’t have. I would never work as a nanny and a woman with a bachelor degree that does, might not be that smart if she can’t get a better job with career prospects.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm actually shocked at this. I run an agency and have placed hundreds of college educated nannies in long term positions. In 5 years placing nannies, it's actually never come up once as an issue. All though I do focus solely on representing career nannies so I guess if an agency is representing grad students or similar, they may intend to only nanny until they graduate and pursue a different career.

Prior to the agency, I myself was a nanny/household manager for 12 years and have a Bachelor's degree in child psychology. My network of close nanny friends that I have maintained over the years are all college educated career nannies.

Isn't there some US version of Norland Nannies?

Anonymous wrote:My nanny started college in her country, but had to quit for financial reasons. She is nice, smart, loving, problem solvers, lives my kids and has 3 kids herself. She is patient and creative… much more than I am. She is a stable presence in my kids’ lives and since we don’t have relatives nearby, her family plays a very important role in my kids’ lives. Nanny’s kids (and husband) often hang out together with my kids, go to parks, zoo, museums, etc. she is really great!

I have a PhD and DH has a masters. We are clearly “book” smart… much more than nanny is, but she has qualities we don’t have. I would never work as a nanny and a woman with a bachelor degree that does, might not be that smart if she can’t get a better job with career prospects.