Anyone else think Naeyc is a scam?

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a nonprofit organization that promotes high-quality early childhood education. NAEYC works to ensure that children from birth to age 8 have access to quality learning experiences.

In my area not many centers are NAEYC certified. We are.

NAEYC accreditation means that a daycare has met a set of standards for quality early childhood education. The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) uses a rigorous process to evaluate programs.

However in my 16 years working here only ONE (1) parent has asked us about being NAEYC accredited. I understand centers that are can earn more funding and that's basically all it's about is more money.

Because trust me I know plenty of other non NAEYC centers that do just as well as ours. ❤️

Now it's just constant stress as we are trying to update the stupid portfolio. And having to redo our whole rooms because we have to visually show all the evidence we known we do 100% of the time. It's just a stress inducing waste of time.

My poor coworker in the 2 year old room is getting repeatedly getting reprimanded because all her posters/charts and stuff are not on eye level.

Now if you have ever worked with 2 year olds you know you are putting things up on the wall over and over because little hands like to rip them down.

And I know our directors stressed about all this. This will be my third (3rd) time going through NAEYC, but its so annoying, and truthfully I don't think its worth the stress.