You can send encrypted keys to family members, dog walkers, nannies or anyone else you want to give a key to.

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"Due to the proliferation of inappropriate and misrepresentative Nanny postings, the Bococa Moderators have decided to ban ALL postings regarding the recommendation of Nannies or baby sitters, " read an email sent to the listserv.

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Or perhaps (Mr Miliband hopes) parenthood induces empathy and trust, as even flinty individualists find themselves grateful to nannies, doctors or the BBC, with its wholesome children's programmes.

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Forget for a minute the amazing hubris of a rich, glamorous CEO, with a nursery specially built next to her office, ordering less well-compensated parents to trudge back to the office, leaving their less important offspring in daycare or in the hands of nannies.

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The questions were also described as some basic queries now asked of presidential nominees, like whether they ever hired illegal workers or neglected to pay taxes for nannies.

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You'll have to ask the secretaries, middle managers, nannies and limo drivers what kind of man I really was or how I compared to the other effortlessly superior hotshots who roamed private equity's hallowed halls.

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But somehow, with the help of an army of tutors, nannies, chefs and private transportation (the kind with tinted windows or that fly), Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are a well-documented success story.

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Like most nannies, though, the virtual babysitter will work for only eight hours or so at a stretch.

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