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Perhaps Boston-area parents of the 90s need to look further for such wholesomeness--not necessarily across the Atlantic, but in the other direction--out West. Perhaps more parents should be checking out Nannies From Utah...
Nannies From Utah, says President Judi M. Rogers, "places full-time nannies mostly on the east coast." Rogers advertises in the yellow pages of Manhattan, New Jersey, Washington D.C., northern Virginia, Baltimore and Boston phone books to target families which might need an 18 to 22 years-old nanny...
Perhaps. But there is definitely a "Mormon mystique," Rogers says. Although "you can't tell them from anyone else," Young Mormon women are perceived as more cleancut and all-American than their East Coast sister, according to Rogers. "Utah catches their eye," she says. "They think, `Mormon...
...Rogers says that there might be some degree of truth to Easterners' image of the typical Utah nanny...
Last year, for example, the Taiwan-based computer firm Compeq Manufacturing chose Utah for its first overseas plant. Compeq's executives were lured by Utah residents who not only spoke Mandarin but also understood the customs and culture of a Taiwanese company -- further proof that, in an increasingly global economy, the multilingual abilities of Utahans may speak louder than words...