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[rivka]

I'm writing back to nanny job applicants.

There just isn't any way of saying "I'm sorry, but we're really not looking for someone with wholesome family values to take care of our children", is there?

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[oursin.livejournal.com]

Am reminded of the episode in Byatt's Babel Tower when Frederica has to go to court about custody of her child with her divorced upper-crust husband, in which there is a lot about The Traditions of His Family, and argues that her family (which I suppose one could broadly described as lower-middle-class cultural workers/teachers/etc) also has traditions and those are not about sending tiny wee children off to boarding school.