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..saying that they don't listen to me because I have a degree is beyond rude and ignorant.

Which is not what I said at all. You misinterpreted what I said. That just doesn't make any sense. What I said was that if you were verbally telling them of all your experience, they likely would retain in their minds your highest qualification rather than all of the particulars prior to that. They wouldn't necessarily listen properly to all the specifics of at what age and duration you did x, y & z when you have a degree. I meant it as in when you apply for a job, a prospective employer only cares about your highest qualification. Does that make more sense now...and I know the families are not our employers I was simply just explaining what I meant in comparison. I didn't actually make a negative comment towards you. Maybe a little stereotyping of families out there but that comes from time and experience of meeting many many parents.

Seems like I didn't word my post in the best manner but I certainly wasn't being rude and I am definitely not ignorant. Presenting information in a portfolio in the manner that you are describing would be completely different but isn't something done at large by daycare providers, at least the large amount I know so I would never have assumed somebody to do so which explains my not having the full picture. A blurb about who I am would never contain my age or specific dates and ages I carried out a job but that's because I have a website and a portfolio is much more thorough.

I do have a genuine question if you'll entertain me for a minute as I'm genuinely intrigued. You said your age is one of your selling points. How so? I'm curious because I was 23 when I started daycare but I was already married with two kids. I initially felt like my age was against me but I thought that perhaps that was my own insecurity.