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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't need a college degree to be a nanny. You need one to be lawyer. You need one to be a doctor. You need one to be a psychiatrist. The difference in salaries reflects this. Stop thinking that taking a few community college courses on child development makes you "more qualified."[/quote]

Who are you responding to?

Also, having any knowledge of child development does make someone more qualified than a person who doesn't.[/quote]

Yes, but you can learn about child development by reading books and through experience as well. You can take a short course that might be over a few weekends, compared to taking many classes over several years. Like one PP above said, while that extra education is nice to have, it is not necessary to raise a child or teach them basic things every day. A SAHM learns through experience and reading books for new moms.

Are the people saying that a "professional nanny" has to have a college degree, also saying that a SAHM cannot raise their child just as good as you being a nanny to someone else's child, just because they didn't get a degree in ECE? I would consider someone to be a professional nanny if they have plenty of experience, if they like to continue learning about kids (whether it is school or just reading more books on their own), they ACT like a professional about their job instead of like a teenager that has an after school job at the mall, if they have passion about their work and strive to do their best and keep getting better. I don't think that a professional has to have a degree. Anyone can get a degree and not have the passion, really care about what they are doing, or really want to work with the parents as well as with the kids. If a nanny I hire has basic knowledge of learning development (from reading books and just being around many different kids over the years), then really, WHY does someone need to hire a "professional" nanny if they aren't interested in the "extra" care that she can provide? If I just want my child having fun and learning basic stuff before moving on to spending half days at preschool and then on to FT school starting with Kindergarten, then why should I pay more to get someone that has more education? If I find someone that I really like without the extra education, I would rather invest in them and give them bonuses and raises (while they get more experience) and keep them on and have them eventually getting paid a great rate. [/quote]

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