Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant: How Nannying for the 1% Taught Me about the Myths of Equality, Motherhood, and Upward Mobility in America

by Stephanie Kiser

Paperback

Published February 1, 2025

About the author

Stephanie Kiser is a retired nanny living in New York City. She grew up in North Providence, Rhode Island before moving to Boston to attend Emerson College where she studied Writing for Film & Television. For seven years, Stephanie worked as a nanny to some of Manhattan’s wealthiest families before pivoting careers.

She lives in Queens with her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Burger Clinton.

Stephanie is represented by Jen Nadol at The Unter Agency.

Follow her on Instagram @stephykiser

Reviews

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

it’s like a 3.9

i came for her dishing on working as a nanny for nyc’s 1% and i liked how she wove in her own upbringing and schooling and shifting personal politics into her telling. she also made me think what people need to “give up” —many permutations on this theme, esp near the end.