Are Male Nannies More Popular Now, Than 10 Years Ago?
January 14, 2012 at 11:12 pm 1 comment
In the 2011 Nannytax Nanny Wages Survey, employers were asked about the gender of their nanny.
The survey was completed by 1244 employers and 95 nanny agencies. Of those who responded to the question, 2.4% (23 respondents) said that they either employ a male nanny, or had employed a male nanny.
As a male nanny myself, I feel this is great news as it means more parents are willing to consider a male nanny than they were 10 years ago (though I only base that on my personal view of the nanny job market, as I am not sure there was any nanny survey done 10 years ago asking about gender).
The full survey results have not yet been released but you can read a summary of the findings on the NannyTax website and Nursery World magazine are expected to shortly publish more details from the survey.
Parents: Do you/would you employ a male nanny?
Nannies: Do you know/have you met any male nannies?
Entry filed under: Employing A Nanny, Job Hunting. Tags: daddy daycare, gender, male nannies, male nanny, manny, nannytax, nursery world.
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Candi | January 17, 2012 at 10:20 pm
Television shows have depicted mannies for decades. In the 1970’s, Mr. French acted as a manny for the children on “Family Affair”. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, Tony was a manny on “Who’s the Boss”. In the 2000’s, Freddie Prinze, Jr. played a one-show bit part: a manny for Ross and Rachel’s daughter on “Friends”. Once a rarity, mannies are becoming more common since stars like Britney Spears, Madonna, and Mandy Patinkin have made headlines for hiring mannies for their children.
Why do people hire mannies? A brief list of some of the reasons are below.
“I hired a manny because I have all boys.”
“I’m a single mom and want a male figure for my children.”
“My husband travels a lot for work, so we hired a manny who can take our son camping and do a lot of boy-things with him.”
“My husband and I have four children (three daughters and one son). My husband said that he’s swimming in estrogen at our house. He insisted that we hire a manny instead of a nanny to increase the testosterone factor in our house.”
“Our parenting style, our lifestyle, is very gentle and reserved. When our son developed an interest in sports and wrestling, neither of us knew anything about that. We hired a manny that would share our son’s interests.”
“Our household is a two-parent (two mommy) household, so we hired a manny so that our children have a male role model.”
“My spouse and I are teaching our children not to assume things about people based on stereotypes. So, we hired a manny to teach our children that men can be loving and nurturing caregivers too.”
“Our children attend a very prestigious private school, but it’s located in a high crime residential area. We chose to hire a big, burly manny because we thought that, in addition to performing the traditional caregiving role well, he would serve as a visual deterrent to harm as he takes our children to and from school each day.”
“Our daughter is paralyzed. Her caregiver has to be…
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