[senco-forum] Chilren's rights

A friend of mine is doing a child-minder qualification - and this is a

In the rural area where I live registered child-minders are like gold
dust. Stupidity such as this will serve only to make this situation
even worse.

It seems to me this over academicisation of child-minding serves no
purpose whatsoever other than to discriminates against anyone who is
qualified at less than degree level. On the other hand maybe this
should be construed as further evidence degrees have become so dummed
down nowadays they have become almost worthless as a useful
qualification.

Maybe I should act now and get myself qualified as a 'registered child
minder' before I become a grandparent, just in case they bring in a
new law that states I'm not allowed to be alone with my grandchildren
for more than half an hour unsupervised unless I hold an appropriate
'child-minding' qualification'. Hmm, I'd better get on the Internet
then and look up which Universities offer Masters degrees in
'child-minding'.

On the other hand this might not be such a good idea in case my
children chose not to become educated to degree level, as they might
bring in legislation that prohibits parents from bringing up their own
children unless they are suitably academically qualified. Now don't
get me wrong here as I love looking after children. But at my age I
don't want to get dumped on as the only person in my extended family
who is academically qualified to look after my grandchildren
full-time.

David Bowles

> A friend of mine is doing a child-minder qualification - and this is a
> section she has to write on - has anyone any suggestions as to what I might
> recommend to her to do for this?

>  

> "Evaluate the impact of recent and relevant research on children's rights in
> relation to practice" 

>  

> And this is just one question from 10 that she has to do in three weeks!
> And they are all like this - a sentence that people write whole books - or a
> series of books about.  To be frank - I have never seen so much rubbish in
> my life - and child-minders everywhere - will apparently all be doing this
> to gain what will be an essential qualification of you wish to be a
> childminder.

>  

> And on a personal note - I have used three childminders in my life for my
> own children - and none of them would be childminders today if they had to
> produce acres of written work.  And I think that we all know who we would
> use - and who we wouldn't - to look after our children!

>  

> Heresy over - I now read no research in this area - and don't know what are
> the latest buzz areas for children's rights.

>  

> Regards

>  

> Ruth