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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would be nice if there was a correlation between wages and skills (would make it easier to weed out the bad nannies) but there absolutely is not.  Being a good nanny is not correlated to having a higher education either.  The best nannies are the ones who are caring, engaging, and loving, and set a good example of patience, social interaction, and kindness for their charges and those traits unfortunately have nothing to do with what nannies charge or what their educational background is.  You don't need a higher degree to teach preschoolers ABCs and colors and shapes and model good manners and good behavior.  I'd take an engaged, active, patient and kind $15/hr nanny who gets that she's part of a team and wants to work together with us on making good choices for DC over a more expensive college educated nanny who thinks she knows better than I do what is good for my child.  In fact, I did do that and several years later, I think it was the best decision I made.

And I say this as someone who had a series of non-educated barely English speaking wonderful warm loving nannies growing up - I am now a relatively successful well-educated adult who continues to maintain great warm relationships with the wonderful nannies I had growing up.[/quote]

I agree that it is important for a nanny to be caring, patient, kind, and all of the other things you mention above.  However, there is much more to shaping a child's cognitive and emotional development than teaching ABCs, colors, shapes, and manners.  Not all college educated nannies will have a sophisticated understanding of how to nurture higher-level thinking and emotional skills, but those with a degree in education will.  [/quote]
How would an education degree guarantee teaching thinking and emotional skills? If you could pick two or three examples, that would be great.[/quote]

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