Too posh to parent

[Smartiepants79]

£200,000 a year on 'parental outsourcing' but one of her three children have car seats.
And her chauffeur doesn't seem to know what a seatbelt is.

And that's how people like that get their wealth. They walk over people without a backwards glance.

I actually felt real pity for that incredibly insecure woman who could only have "ugly" nannies. Clearly not a secure relationship. It was sad to see how she was laughing about it like that. I wonder does she realise it's not normal to have to police the appearance of people who come into contact with your husband.

228agreenend She and her husband were on another channel 4 programme I think it was called million pound house or something like that. They had beautiful house and she ruined it with her awful taste in decorating

Just watching now. Havnt rtft yet ,,,,

First few mins. Did the children have seat belts on in the car driving to school?

Didn't look like it !!!

Wow oh wow

£2k for potty training a child That's just under £700 a day - as said average takes 3 days

£175 for a pair of kids shoes that they will grow out of in few months

Mum of 5 seemed nice and appreciated her nanny tho sad she didn't see her own children much

Ninja nannies 😂

And who the hell buys kids a Fanta when on trial

Haven't watched - might on catch up. Before I do I know there was parental consent to the programme but how public are the children. Those who saw it did you feel it exploited the children in any way or was it ridiculing their parents only?

I can't believe how rude that women was that made that poor lady clean up all the debris after the children's outside photo shoot.
She is a hired help herself not some posh rich person she was the most ignorant person I have had the displeasure to watch

They go on about how the nanny is just part of the family, how the nanny loves them so much, like a second mum... and then the true colours showed when it came to the leaves. I thought that the PA came across terrible in that.

Nannies are also hired to do the jobs that others don't want to do, we've been considering getting a nanny for a while now, but after watching the program last night, it just wouldn't be right.

Children dressed in mink coats. A "spiritual" mother who doesn't spend time with her own kids, possibly has an eating disorder and doesn't come off as either warm or particularly peaceful. Those arseholes sitting and watching while the Filipina nanny does the "horrible jobs nobody else wants to do". The Dad who had never changed a nappy.

Yeah, I think I'd rather be poor

You just end up feeling a little sorry for some of the children. They have everything but not what they need. Parents that give a shit.
I think nannies can be a very positive part of a family but this is just farcical.
You're left wondering why these people have had children.

Smartiepants79 Why did you feel sorry for the children? They all looked happy, and you can't say that the parents didn't care for them, they have the luxuries in life that many people don't.

I thought that the PA came across terrible in that.

I thought so too. When she was sitting in the car I couldn't quite work out what she was saying (something like "the boss decides who does what"?) but it basically came across as "not my problem the nanny has to shovel shit, what are you asking me questions that make me uncomfortable for!"

Why did you feel sorry for the children? They all looked happy, and you can't say that the parents didn't care for them, they have the luxuries in life that many people don't.

You can have every luxury and still not feel cared for. It's not about diamonds and silks but feeling secure that your parents are there for you. Which they aren't, because they're too busy sipping champagne on a yacht at a "business meeting" while the nanny toilet trains them and sees all their milestones.

The kids are assets to these people.

I'm afraid I didn't really think that these parents came across as 'caring' for their children. They cared how they (the children) made them (the parents) look. They wanted them fed, washed, dressed, educated, toilet trained etc.. But just as long as none of it inconvenienced them.
The car seat thing was a good case in point. Thousands of pounds worth of car/driver/security/nanny/school uniform to get them to school. But no money or thought expended on the very basics of keeping those children safe.
I'm sure they love their children but they appeared to have very little interest in actually raising them. Hence the title of the programme. I know it just TV and will have been edited etc but it's just a way of life that is alien to me.

Why does the car seat law not apply to those children? They werent even wearing belts and at one point the smallest girl was sitting half on the knee of the nanny/half standing in the footwell of the car. Surely they legally have to be on booster seats at least and wearing belts?

My goodness, money can't be class. That baby is too young to be potty trained, she is still a baby! It's just vulgar, tge lot of them. Those kids are like appendages to the parent.

I agree smartiepants there lacked something important in those families. It seemed very clinical. I woukd love to be rich, but woukd prefer to look after my family myself, as a parent would. Tuck them to bed, make their food, help them do their homework, go shopping with them, have fun.

Watched this on catch up last night, mind boggling!

One question though - what happens if, after three days of potty training, the parent is handing over the £2K to the potty lady and the child shits on the floor?

"I thought that the PA came across terrible in that.

I thought so too. When she was sitting in the car I couldn't quite work out what she was saying (something like "the boss decides who does what"?) but it basically came across as "not my problem the nanny has to shovel shit, what are you asking me questions that make me uncomfortable for!""

I think she was saying that it was the boss who had decided on the hierarchy i.e. not her fault. I can sort of see her point - she's hired for office work and not cleaning.

Loved the very justifiably irate owner of the house they were holding the photo shoot in front of. Especially his comments about the smoke:

Rich family's driver: It's disappeared now.
House owner: Well, smoke does that doesn't it?

To me he was the star of the show.

she's hired for office work and not cleaning.

I doubt the nanny was hired for shovelling shit either tbf.

Too posh to parent but not able to buy some booster seats

"she's hired for office work and not cleaning.

I doubt the nanny was hired for shovelling shit either tbf."

I don't know. Some nannies do cleaning as well. A friend of mine was disgusted to be offered such a job but nanny/housekeeper is quite common. I presume such a rich woman has a cleaner as well, but maybe isn't present all the time like the nanny.