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LETTER OF THE WEEK

GIVE THESE NANNY MOTHERS A CHANCE

I would like to express my disappointment at employers' and nanny agencies' discriminatory attitude towards nanny mothers as highlighted in 'Nanny mothers "out of work"' (News, 10 December 2009).

When I was a nanny, I took my daughter to work with me from the age of eight months to about eight years, and it was always a resounding success, as my many glowing references will testify.

All my employers mentioned what an asset my daughter was to their own children, and the many gifts that she was showered with at Christmas and birthdays bore testament to this. We were even taken on an all-expenses-paid holiday by one of our families!

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