It'll be great!"' Another is, 'Avoid being left alone with the husband at all costs. Not because he'll hit on you, but because he won't know who you are and may wonder if he married you when he wasn't looking.'
But they take a serious stance on the status of childcarers. There is a stigma around daycare, and 'working women are made to feel ashamed about having to share the mothering responsibilities with a paid employee', the authors say.
'We would like to see more professional resources made available to help parents and caregivers navigate the challenges of working together within the home,' they say. 'We suggest that if the relationship between the mother and the nanny is professionalised - and much is involved in such a vision, including legal regulation - then a nanny can be enabled to love the child, which is really the crucial cornerstone of the job.'
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