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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Professionals have a license to practice their trade: teacher doctor, enegineer, lawyer, nurses, message therapist, estheticians. beautician.  Nannies. However, have  no certificate to ply their trade.  No institution of higher learning confers a degree in Nannying. Anyone can be a nannyand zero training is required.[/quote]
That's exactly what stupid people think, that anyone can be a nanny. Then they're shocked when things go terribly wrong. Too bad for them and their child. So unfortunate. [/quote]

How many of you really believe anyone can be a nanny, as opposed to a babysitter?[/quote]

Fundamentally, I think anyone can be a nanny or a babysitter. Childcare is not something that *requires* specialized training and I do believe that one can be self taught in what it takes to be a great nanny.

However, there is a difference between a sitter and a nanny. A sitter keeps children safe for a few hours on a parent date night. A nanny does much more than just keeping a child safe. She's a teacher, whether in the activities of daily living or in academics (if the charge is in school). She has a long term investment in her charge's development, and reinforces that development in positive and knowledgeable ways. Whether she got that knowledge in school or is an autodidact doesn't matter. What matters is her interest and commitment to learning about children and proactively using that knowledge to improve the lives of the NF she works with as a partner in raising a child.[/quote]

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