. >> five and a half months old, inora is in a bad mood. her nose is running, and she is having trouble breathing. her parents are worried. at her age, the sort of thing can be quite serious. today is sunday, sell these parents are home, meaning they can look after her themselves. they both work during the week, and a nanny takes care of her. they hired her when their daughter was just three months old. in france, there's a common set up -- theirs is a common set up. neither could afford to take parental leave and forfeit their salaries. >> it is very difficult. we would have to lower our standard of living, and eat differently, and that would upset me. i would rather work and not have to cut back on anything. >> i could not afford to work halftime. things would get too difficult for us. >> in france, when it comes to child care, the general consensus is that parents need to be encouraged to return to work. the state subsidized day care for working parents more generously than day care for stay at home parents. >> in a way, i have an impres

she has three children of her own, and inora is not the only child she looks after. she plays games with them and also makes lunch for them. she does not mind at all that her daughter is more or less growing up with another woman. as far as she is concerned, her daughter's nanny is just doing another job. >> we had a long chat with the nanny when we hired her before our daughter was born. she is very motherly, but her role is to raise the children. she is very affectionate, but she is not their money. she knows the difference. i know the difference, and i think that inora does, too. >> sheorks few streets away in a pharmacy. >> i need to work. i need to feel useful. i like coming into contact with other people. talking to babies is not the same as talking to grown-ups. >> none of her customers are surprised to see her back to work so soon after giving birth, although maybe some of the older ones raise their eyebrows just a little. >> i think it would be better if she spent some time with her child. she never sees her baby. i think it is a shame she has gone back to w