I read an article (I seem to be doing a lot of this at the moment) about nannies to the super-rich. It was quite incredible. Often working for foreign billionaires living in London and abroad, they get paid from about £1000 per week, net, and of course their flat, their food and their car (at the very least) are thrown in.
One family apparently has three children, each with a nanny of his or her own, and each nanny gets paid £1500 per week. Another family has a house for the parents, and a separate house for the nanny and the children (I must confess that there were times when I wished my children lived in another continent, never mind another house, but those moments were relatively fleeting).
Three questions occurred to me:
1. What on earth does this kind of childhood do to the child?
2. Am I too old to be a nanny to the super-rich?
3. If not, when can I start?
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1) Mother-in-law (RIP) was a nanny and the child saw her as his 'mother.'
ReplyDelete2) No you are not too old and neither am I!
3) Soon I hope - googling nanny mags immmediately after posting!
Anna :o]
1. Oh, how sad.
ReplyDelete2. Thanks very much!
3. Me too, Anna. Me too!
I think it would do my head in to live like this, actually. But good luck with the nanny mags! :)
ReplyDeleteI can't claim to be an expert on what constitutes 'normal' family life - but I don't think this is it!
ReplyDeleteWhat I can't understand is why people have children at all if they're going to give them over to another person to bring up in such a way.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, had I known just how much the job earned, I'd have been in the nanny queue long ago (but can't think of anything worse now!).
Jenny, I think the world they inhabit is so totally different from the rest of us that it's literally unimagineable. Poor poor kids.
ReplyDeleteJoanne, you're right!
Rosemary, I've often wondered that. I think for some people kids are accessories, like a Gucci handbag.
It's all rather sad isn't it.
ReplyDeleteTeresa, yes. Terribly sad. I think everyone misses out (except the nanny!).
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