At times I think I'm working for a relatively unconventional nanny-having family, and it's true that they are not the traditionally stiff UES types they show in the movies, but the extent that the parents financially dote on their children is nearing the insanity mark.

for one: buying a 9-year-old a $1000 laptop. It's pretty gross at this point; it has food and grease and all kinds of other stains all over it.

a $125 hair brush [keep in mind that this is for children who are routinely exposed to lice outbreaks]

most recently: a highly expensive pair of sewing scissors

Yesterday alone the youngest received two dresses, one of silk; two t-shirts; and four bathing suits. They get a new clothing item or gift at least every day. It sounds like it would be a fun childhood, but I wonder if I'd be bored getting everything I wanted. I guess you just have to find new things to want.