No Nannies

I'm from Massachusetts so whenever Mitt Romney's name pops up in the news (which has been quite often lately) I take interest in it. I stumbled upon this article in relation to Romney and the idea of hiring a nanny.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/04/other-war-moms-no-nanny-no-maid-romney-home/51142/

It is no secret that Romney is quite wealthy, so I was very surprised to find out that his wife raised their children without any assistance. My family is not extremely well off, but when I was growing up I was put into day-care with kids from my block. The Romney children were not even put in day care, which I find quite strange. Even if you want to raise your children on your own, which is fine, I think that there is a great advantage in daycare because your children get to socialize with other kids their age. Mitt and his filmy seem very opposed to the idea of anyone else raising their children, and I wonder if there is any particular reason for it.

Personally, I don't think that whether or not you employ a nanny should matter at all in politics, but, like many other things today, the home life of politicians play a big role in their careers. It might be a topic that has more influence than I'm aware of, I just thought it was interesting that an entire article would be devoted to the Romney's making a point that they do not have a nanny for their children.

Elle Callahan