I'd like to hear your experiences with nannies & au pairs

[Saskiafrombetty]

Parents can you help?

TV company betty is developing a FACTUAL DRAMA about nannies and au pairs. We?d like to highlight some of the issues you face and it would be great to hear from you.

Hiring a nanny or an au pair can be a great solution to returning to work and ensuring your kids receive high-quality childcare. But, with prices sky-high, parents are all too often forced to cut corners and rushed into hiring the wrong person for them ? and there are times when for everyone it can go horribly wrong.

We?re keen to hear people?s stories that could be used to form our factual drama script. Your contribution would be in confidence and you would not be identified in the programme.

Whether you?re a parent, nanny or au pair, we?d like to hear about what the challenges have been for you.

If you?re interested in hearing more please contact Saskia in confidence on 0771 5111997 or saskia.wilson@betty.co.uk

www.betty.co.uk

[esme]

Sounds interesting :)

[Saffron]

Prioritising values can be a challenge. We all value the same things for our children, but we rank those values differently as individuals. It can be difficult to find a nanny that prioritises values in the same way you do as a parent (and even sometimes the two parents prioritise differently... arrghh!).

[Saskiafrombetty]

Thanks for your thoughts Saffron & for contributing, that's really helpful. It would be interesting to hear how other parents have negotiated talking about priorities.

If anyone has experienced a particularly challenging situation that they feel would be of interest for our factual drama research it would be great if you could email me saskia.wilson@betty.co.uk or call 0771 5111997 for a confidential chat.

Thanks and hope to hear from you.

Saskia

[Smiler]

Ther are some great tales in the childcare section of mumsnet discussions!

[Saskiafrombetty]

Thanks Smiler, I will do some digging!