Well a couple of years ago I wondered if this was something I could do , perhaps just for the summer. As a teacher I had a 7 week break each summer and would have loved a way to keep occupied and perhaps travel. I would have paid my own travel expenses , I wanted to "get immersed" in French . I had looked after my own grandchildren during school holidays, when they (and I ) were younger and I love children. My fantasy job would have been with a charming family(of whatever nationality) spending the summer at their villa in the South of France , they would have been delighted to have someone reliable, responsible and mature, content to stay at home and babysit during the evenings , who would tidy up, or do a bit of housework unasked just because she doesn't like to be idle and would speak perfect English to the children. Those children would have been perfectly behaved of course, if not at first then within a day or two of my arrival!
Seriously , I thought lots of parents would find this a great solution to the problem of chilcare in the school holidays and I could perfect my French and occupy my time in an interesting way. Money was not the isssue. It didn't happen , I couldn't find any agency etc and did not pursue it.
Now just a few years and a few more aches and pains later I wonder what I could have been thinking of! Could I have kept quiet when I disapproved of something ? Could I have actually done things I did not agree with? Yes , age has big advantages but what you do for love in your own family will not be so easy elsewhere!
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