FV poll: Does hiring a nanny mean you’ve failed as a parent?

August 30, 2010 in News & reviews by CAZ

According to WENN, in a recent interview with Fox News, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal said she thinks that she’s “failed” at parenting because she hired a nanny.

Gyllenhaal had previously stated that she would bring her daughter up without outside help, so perhaps this is the reason she felt she had failed, but in the world we live in where more and more mums have no choice but to go back to work, is this an inflammatory comment or a frank reflection of what many mothers feel?

Have you had to use childcare of some kind, and has it made you feel guilty?