I didn’t say that nannies aren’t childcare professionals. And I’d love to understand what exactly it is that your friend does if she’s not a nanny but doesn’t work in a center because I guess I’m just a bit confused. I have two degrees, and I know that I could make a good chunk of money “nannying and schooling” (as you said) for a family, but, to me, that’s a very different position than working in a childcare center in a classroom setting. 🙂

Being a nanny is a completely different situation than working in a childcare center. You absolutely can make Bank bring a nanny, but it’s a completely different situation.

Yeah, that tends to be one of the few “benefits”. Of course, they also don’t do things like health care at a lot of places though 🙃

I’ve worked in the early childcare industry for 10+ years with at least 8 of those being in Vermont. And I can affirmatively say that wages are not competitive. For myself, and every other early childcare worker I know, wages are absolute crap. Any raise in tuition more often goes to those working outside of the classroom, ie the director and higher ups.