http://babble.com/CS/blogs/californiabreedin/archive/2007/06/15/letter-of-the-week.aspxFrom the June 10, 2007 New York Times: Nanny Knew Best To the Editor: Re “A Nanny Nightmare? Living Without One,” by Liesl Schillinger (Books of Style, May 27): I was born in London in 1924 to middle-class parents. The custom in those days in EnglandenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://babble.com/CS/blogs/californiabreedin/archive/2007/06/15/letter-of-the-week.aspx#26299Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:35:58 GMT42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:26299mrskennedy<p>That's an excellent point.</p> <img src="http://babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=26299" width="1" height="1">http://babble.com/CS/blogs/californiabreedin/archive/2007/06/15/letter-of-the-week.aspx#26297Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:28:11 GMT42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:26297Linnea<p>It's extremely interesting. &nbsp;However perhaps she chose to raise her own kids in the fact that she was &quot;raised&quot; by a confident and balanced individual thus becoming a confident and balanced individual. &nbsp;Having been raised by her real mother she may have opted for a nanny knowing she was an anxious and fearful person - just liker her mother.</p> <p>Although she uses the word selfish, I think she deserved all the love, attention, and memories of taking part in her childrens' lives.</p> <p>Nice find!</p> <img src="http://babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=26297" width="1" height="1">