Big Mother is watching you: Inside New York ‘nanny-shaming'
As Catrina scrolled through Facebook — bleary-eyed after spending the evening wrestling a toddler having a tantrum into bed — she saw a post that stopped her in her tracks.
'If you recognise this blonde girl with pigtails I saw yesterday afternoon around 78th and 2nd, please DM [direct message] me,' it read. 'I think you will want to know what your nanny did.'
Although the accompanying photograph showed only the back of the child's head, Catrina recognised her daughter instantly. 'A mother knows every inch of her kid, every hair. It was her,' she said.
The post felt callous — cruel, even — in its withholding of details, thought Catrina, who asked that her real name not be published. She was unable to sleep
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