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[quote=Anonymous]New poster, who randomly came across thus post.

We have an amazing full-time nanny who's super smart and has been with us over 4 years.  Lots of common sense.  Ability to figure things out.  Only has a high school degree.

We had a regular weekend nanny for about two years.  She was a full time nanny with the temp division of a reputable agency.  Had a college degree.  Was warm.  Caring.  Lovely.  Good with the kids.  But not smart.  At first I thought it didn't matter.  But it did.

She couldn't figure out how to assemble sippy cups, so I had to fill them up before she came.  Each time, since instructions were useless.  She couldn't figure out how to unlock the stroller, so the kids never made it to the playground on a beautiful day.  Couldn't figure out that the two year old needed to be lifted onto the potty.  That the pieces of food needed to be precut.  How to work our front door lock, let alone security system (even with a FOB).  Thus, I never trusted her with basic tasks, like administering antibiotics.

Sweet, and lovely and warm.  But her lack of intelligence started to interfere with the quality of care, and the degree to which I was being helped/saved time.

So, yes, intelligence definitely matters.  But there's not always a correlation with education levels.[/quote]

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