Parenting & Child Parenting & Child DevelopmentDevelopment

Parenting & Child Parenting & Child DevelopmentDevelopment

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Should YOU work with Children?

• Do you enjoy children?• Do you respect them as people?• Are you sympathetic?• Are you patient, tolerant, and calm?• Do you have a sense of humor?• Will you play with children?• Are you creative?

– Are you willing to learn about children?

Entry-Level Childcare Jobs -no degree

required• Babysitter• Camp counselor• Puppeteer• Storyteller• Au Pair/Nanny

Childcare Positions that Require an Associate’s

Degree

• LPN Nurse• Teacher Assistant• Dental Hygienist

Careers that Require a 4 Year Degree

• Nurse- RN• Special Education

Teacher• Teacher• Social Worker

Graduate Degree and Above

• Child Psychiatrist• Dietician• Family court judge• Genetic Counselor• Pediatrician• OB/GYN• Physical Therapist

What if you want to test your interest in

working with children?• Work as a babysitter or a camp

counselor• Tutor elementary school students