mumbai six months ago jagruti shah a marketing solution company executive pulled her son nihal 3 out of a crche in just a month after admitted him there instead she hired an ayah maid and installed a cctv camera in the living room of her 1bhk flat in malad i saw a behavioral change in my son while he was in the crche he had become quiet hence we decided to take him out from there and hired an ayah we now monitor both the child and the ayah as i can see them live on my smartphone which gets the feeds directly from the device at home says shah whose husband works with a media organization and travels constantly the average cost of a cctv camera is rs 4000 shah is not alone to have installed snooping devices in her house to keep tab on the ayah and ensure that the kid in the ayahs care is fed on time rested and not screamed at or even spoiled through excessive indulges for many timecrunched working parents the gadgetmonitored ayahs are better option than the old daycare centres or crches where children may pick up a few undesirable habits former reporter vedika chaubey who now runs a boutique in kandivali e hired a nanny for her daughter aavaree when she was just oneyearold her businessmanlawyer husband has no fixed working hours she wanted to ensure that her daughter was safe with an ayah and enquired about snooping devices and everyone told her about cctv cameras i didnt want the nanny to know that i had installed a gadget to spy on her and so i purchased a small spy camera which operated through wi fi i connected it to my phone and i could access the live visuals anytime says chaubey whose daughter is now 4 she has now shifted to a bungalow and installed a cctv camera in the kitchen i can see my daughters activities through the camera and also find what food she has been served adds chaubey who recommends that all working mothers should instal gadgets to keep tab on ayahs and the kids in their care ragini name changed a journalist with a national daily was in a dilemma about how to ensure that her then twoyearold son now he is 5 was taken care of well my maternity leave was over and my husband had to go out of the house occasionally though he worked from home i hired a maid and installed two cctv cameras one in the main room hall and the other for the bedroom i would get the feeds from the cameras live on my androidenabled mobile phone recalls ragini who too recommends snooping gadgets to keep eyes on the ayahs for the working parents who are uncomfortable with daycare centres but is this snooping healthy for the kids whose ayahs are under constant surveillance many ayahs put the kids in front of tv sets or even scream at them