Shortage of Nannies Affects Big Cities - China Daily
From China Daily:
Tang Haiyang, 29, is both excited and worried: his wife will be giving birth in about a month’s time, and he cannot find a nanny.
“At least 60 percent of the city’s more than 400,000 childcare workers or housekeepers have gone back home for family reunions and won’t get back until after the Lantern Festival, which follows the Spring Festival,” said Chen Ting, president of Guangdong Household Management Association.
Chen said the problem is more severe this year as a growing number of couples who got married in 2006 will be giving birth. For many Chinese, the Lunar Year of 2006 was an auspicious one for marriage and this year for giving birth, Chen said. [Full Text]
