Every morning, mothers all over America leave their kids at home with nannies and au pairs or drop them off at the houses of family or leave them at daycare. With so many options, millions of working women have made this kind of surrogate parentage part of their everyday ritual. But that hand-off that may seem so simple is fraught with a range of emotions and challenges. Cameron MacDonald is the author of Shadow Mothers: Nannies, Au Pairs and the Micropolitics of Mothering and Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Cameron joined us to talk about her research into the topic.
Office of Strategic Communication