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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the love of anything holy, only idiots pay for a degree in ECE.  It actually is more of a red flag than anything - why would you want someone dumb enough to think that degree was worthwhile watching your child?

I’ll take a twenty year old gap year student at a real school with actual career aspirations or someone who managed to raise adult children I admire over any ECE major, any day.[/quote]

Many, many employers want an ECE degree... it's not a red flag to get a degree (some) parents want.

Someone with "actual career aspirations" outside of nannying is unlikely to be experienced or knowledgeable about childcare.  They're not likely to want to do much (any) research short term for your family.

Someone who raised their own children but has never worked in childcare will have very set ideas about how to do things, which might conflict with what an employer wants.

The sweet spot (for most employers) is someone who has raised their own children (no young kids at home), has experience in childcare (daycare/preschool, teaching prek-2, nanny, AP) and has a related degree (ECE, elementary ed, social work, child psychology, etc).[/quote]

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