Description: Building community and enriching the lives of parents and kids in New York City. Pollywogger serves as a matchmaker between parents and caregiver trustees.
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Too often we've heard “nanny” used interchangeably with “babysitter” or “au pair.” Our nannies aren't the middleschooler in the building that you only use for date night, to watch the kids while they sleep. "Nanny" has had a hard time moving past the umbrella-toting, fantastical and fanciful Mary Poppins image. While she is self-proclaimed, "Practically perfect in every way!", and you'd be hard pressed to find a parent who doesn't want to hire her and a nanny who doesn't want to be her, we elevate her to
At Pollywogger, we aim to match parents with people whose presence enriches their lives and the lives of their children. People who not only train, mentor, encourage, and grow a healthy and happy next generation alongside of parents, but people who support and enliven parents through doing so.
The Praetorian Guard was an elite recruitment of Roman citizens and Latins that were a special force of skilled and celebrated troupes. Our "nannies" are more praetorians: an elite recruitment of specially skilled and celebrated trustees to join your parenting team, and less fictional, debatably disturbed, Disney characters.