LOOKING after a baby should be an easy task, right?
Well, according to one job advert, it apparently consists of a lot more work, £180,000 worth apparently.
Taking to Mumsnet, one concerned mum shared a recent job advert from TES, which focuses on sharing teaching jobs with qualified people.
The job was for a private tutor to a one-year-old with an annual salary of £180,000 and the criteria left her stunned.
Sharing the job on the forum, she wrote: “Mumsnet posted a link with a ‘dream job’ so of course I clicked it and when I saw the insane salary I read on.
“It just made me so sad.”
“It’s like something out of a movie where babies are bred and moulded into a certain design.
“Why not let kids be kids and give them support and opportunities but let them choose their own path.”
The job advert was for a North London family, hoping to find someone to shape their one-year-old son into an ‘English gentleman.’
They state there are ‘clear academic intentions’ with the role so nannies would not be considered.
The advert reads: “The role centres on immersing the child in British culture, values, and subtleties before any cultural bias takes hold.
“It seeks to harness a one-year-old’s innate curiosity and capacity for absorption, ensuring that what is learned is of the highest quality.”
In the biography of the ‘student’ (the one-year-old) they write that he comes from a multilingual family and they are looking to educate him now as they waited too long with his older brother.
“Having started at age 5 with this child’s older brother, they felt that even this was too late to achieve their goal, hence their search for a tutor now,” the post continues.
“At this stage the boy is too young to have developed any cultural bias, which makes it the perfect time to begin exposing him to the activities and knowledge which will set him on a course to dual culturalism.”
The job application has a high list of requirements for whoever wants to take on the task.
Different parenting techniques
Here are some widely recognised methods:
Authoritative Parenting
This technique will often foster independence, self-discipline, and high self-esteem in children.
It is often considered the most effective, this technique is where parents set clear expectations – enforcing rules – whilst also showing warmth and support.
Authoritarian Parenting
This is opposite to authoritative parenting, as it is where the parent sets high demands but is low on responsiveness.
It involves ensuring the child is obedient and often employ punitive measures. While this can lead to disciplined behaviour, it may also result in lower self-esteem and social skills in children.
Permissive Parenting
Permissive parents tend to be indulgent and lenient, often taking on a role more akin to a friend than an authority figure. They are highly responsive but lack demandingness, granting children a lot of freedom. This method can nurture creativity and a free-spirited nature but may also result in poor self-regulation and difficulties with authority.
Uninvolved Parenting
Uninvolved or neglectful parenting is marked by low responsiveness and low demands. Parents in this category offer minimal guidance, nurturing, or attention. This often leaves children feeling neglected, which can have significant negative effects on their emotional and social development.
Helicopter Parenting
Helicopter parents are extremely involved and overprotective, frequently micromanaging their children’s lives. Although their goal is to protect and support, this approach can hinder a child’s ability to develop independence and problem-solving skills.
Free-Range Parenting
Free-range parenting encourages children to explore and learn from their surroundings with minimal parental interference. This method promotes independence and resilience but requires a safe and supportive environment to be successful.
Attachment Parenting
According to Marriage.com, Attachment parenting focuses on physical closeness and emotional bonding, often through practices such as co-sleeping and baby-wearing. This approach aims to create secure attachments and emotional well-being, but demands significant time and emotional commitment from parents.
Each of these parenting techniques has its own set of strengths and weaknesses. The key is to find a balanced approach that aligns with the family’s values and meets the child’s needs for a healthy, happy upbringing.
“Their ideal Tutor will be someone well educated, with an extensive vocabulary, and who speaks with Received Pronunciation,” they write.
As well as this, they hope the tutor has a second language as well as a good understanding of music theory and an understanding of ‘quintessentially British experiences.’
Trips to Lord’s, museums, theatre, Wimbledon and Twickenham will be expected as well as polo and rowing lessons.
This is all in the hopes of the child getting into a prestigious school such as Eton, St Paul’s, Westminster or Harrow.
The job advert comes with a hefty salary of £180,000, four weeks off a year and a car and driver for excursions.
When the job advert was shared on the forum, people were left stunned, with many saying it was a nightmare for the child and whoever took the role.
One person wrote: “Good grief. Poor kid.”
Another commented: “The pay is amazing but I imagine the parents would be a nightmare to work for!”
“It’s ridiculous but for £180k I’m more than game for taking a 1yr old to Wimbledon and Lord’s and the odd concert,” penned a third.
Meanwhile a fourth said: “Sounds like a home as full of warmth as an igloo in the arctic on a particularly cold day.”
“Those parents sound insufferable,” claimed a fifth.
Someone else added: “This raises a question as to why these people have children in the first place?”
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