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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Unskilled" means that the worker requires neither a college degree not specific vocational training to do the job.  A nanny with a bachelors degree in education or nursing might bring more to the table with respect to providing a richer experience (in some cases) but someone without a college degree can be hired to do the exact same tasks competently.  Childcare indeed is hard work, but nannying doesn't require a degree any more than parenting does (and the nanny (at least the ones on this thread) is placing more parameters on what they are willing and not willing to do in childcare related tasks, so not only is the labor unskilled, it is also less flexible.   I completely agree that nannies do an important job that requires more respect than it gets, but so do lots of other people in the "unskilled" labor force.  To call it unskilled labor is not to demean the profession, but to define it's minimal requirements. [/quote]

And BTW, I almost never see actual Au Pairs posting on these threads complaining about their lives.  It's always nannies generalizing from one or two horrible examples.  Au pairs are too busy being 22, traveling, and hanging out with friends in their free house and car to complain about how much they are being "exploited."  [/quote]

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