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Secrets of a Manhattan Nanny
In her new movie Scarlett Johansson plays a nanny to a wealthy New York family. For three years, Times correspondent Kate Johnson was the real thing:
"I arrived in New York, aged 27, for a holiday – and stayed. Nanny friends got me a job: I had no experience, but I had an English accent, which Upper East Siders loved (especially when their kids copied it). I lived in a tiny studio apartment on East 85th Street. The hours were long: starting before the parents left for work, finishing after they arrived home. Being in their home all day meant I knew far too much about them: medical prescriptions, arguments, I even knew how often one couple had sex, thanks to the housekeeper who changed their 400-threadcount Frette sheets every day." (Read More.)
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ReplyDeleteAll wealthy families are not like these examples. The fact that they hire inexperienced, unqualified young women as nannies who are so clueless they don't even ask for a contract is an indication of what horrid exploitive employers they will be. They know what they are looking for, and it isn't a professional nanny.
ReplyDeleteThere are plenty of wealthy families who are wonderful parents, and treat their nannies well. I know because I am lucky enough to work for one!