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[quote=Anonymous] The reason having a nanny with an early childhood education degree is valuable is that it means a nanny has studied many different approaches to educating and communicating with young children.  There is not one right way to raise children, and many many parts of this job involve judgment calls.  If you have a nanny who is qualified only by the fact that she has been a nanny for several years, all that means is that so far she has been able to work reasonably well within the family structures she has encountered.  A nanny who has worked with many families can demonstrate that she can be flexible and honor parents wishes, but you never really know whether she was able to take the lead on problem-solving around tricky behaviors and stages or whether she was just good at taking orders.

And ECE gives a nanny a broader toolbox to bring to your family, and a broader understanding of the fact that every child and every family is different. I don't think it is absolutely necessary, but the idea that all you need is a nice disposition and a love for children in order to be an amazing nanny is pretty silly. You can successfully raise children as a parent with those qualifications (usually), but as a nanny you'll either need constant micromanaging or you will just start doing things in the way that feels comfortable for you and eventually you're going to run into a family who wants things done differently and it will cause a lot of trouble that you don't know any other way to do it on your own.

I know very kind, loving, responsive parents and nannies who make a lot of mistakes due to lack of understanding.   The ideal is a nanny with a solid understanding of developmental stages,  Who is comfortable  with a variety of approaches, who has worked with in multiple different family structures, and who has an innate love for children.

--Nanny with no degree[/quote]

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