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Deki Choden left
her two sons to
work as a nanny
in America—one
attends boarding
school in India;
the other lives
with family in
Bhutan. During
their monthly
phone call,
Choden’s charge
Jamison, left, asks
her older son if he
misses his mom.
No, he says. He
needs to focus on
his studies; he’s 12
‘IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO
RAISE A CHILD, AND WE
DON’T LIVE IN A VILLAGE
ANYMORE. WE HAVE TO
HIRE THE VILLAGE.’
—Wakenda Tyler, surgeon