Well, instead of saying childminders will be a thing of the past, she is describing today's childminder. I belong to a network of qualified childminders (NVQ Level 3, Introduction to Childminding Practice, Developing Childminding Practice) who have ongoing training, and are all trained in first aid and have up-to-date certificates. Nannies are probably going to be registered and trained in the future as we all are, but I see childminding as a cost-effective way of having all that Nicola wants - only doing it now.
Unqualified, untrained and cheap childminding is a thing of the past, and we childminders should be recognised now as being equal to nursery nurses.
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