Abstract
Nanny caretakers come from many countries throughout the world and serve families in many different countries. This paper will examine the complexity of the domestic emotional labor relationship that can exist between nanny caretakers and their charges—children or the elderly. It will give attention to the transnational social relationships that exist between nannies who maintain emotional, social, economic, and familial ties to their own family members who reside in their home countries while taking care of family members who live in the migrating country. Further, it will examine the development of relationships among family members who have joined the nannies in their foreign country. The impact of geographical mobility and separation on the processes of identification formation as well as processes of assimilation and acculturation to life in their new country will be investigated. The implications this has for future family relationships for nannies both in their country of origin and in their country of residence is of concern.
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