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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not saying childcare knowledge isn't important. I'm saying a degree is not necessary. How do good parents become good parents? Usually not by getting an ECE degree, but they might go to parenting classes, read books, and research issues or talk to more experienced parents as things come up. An ECE degree may tell you what is normal among kids as a whole and give you a toolkit to be a good nanny to a wider range of families, but good parents only really need to become experts at raising their own kids, not 20 different types of kids. ECE nannies as a whole may be of higher quality than non-degrees nannies (or not -- maybe they would want to put their skills to use in a school or nonprofit and wouldn't enjoy being a nanny--and enjoying the job matters a lot here!), but individual variation is big enough that a blanket statement like "I only hire college educated nannies" is an expensive and not necessarily optimal way of finding a "good" nanny. Just think that parents shouldn't stress if they aren't able to find/afford an ECE nanny anymore than they should stress about not sending their kids to private school vs a (reasonably good) public one.[/quote]

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