Oh the Places They Go

At times I see a baby in a baby carriage, or a toddler in a stroller around 9 am and the nanny is guiding the vehicle onto a subway car for a ride out of Manhattan.  It causes me to  wonder if the parents know. They’ve gone off to work and left their choice of caretaker in charge. And their caretaker of choice has all day to fill. So why should the nanny hang around in a neighborhood that is unfamiliar. Why not take the ‘charge’ back to the neighborhood where you have family and friends. Why not spend the day in familiar surroundings, returning only when required. I wonder what some of the parents would do or think if they knew their children were getting to unknown places without their approval. I wonder if some of these babies are travelling to places the parents have never been. Oh, if the babies could talk and tell.  Oh if parents only really had any idea of what goes on while they are elsewhere.