[muchlove]

Screen siren JODIE FOSTER refuses to employ nannies to look after her children, because she wants them to enjoy a normal upbringing.

Foster, 43, prefers to sacrifice a host of movie role offers so she can be a complete mum to CHARLES, seven, and KIT, four - because she hates the idea of "inviting strangers into my house" to care for them.

She says, "If you're asking, 'What exactly does a Hollywood star with children do?' then I'll tell you. I'm nurse maid, laundry maid, cook, cleaner, playmate, you name it. Oh yeah, and I'm a chauffeur too now because school's just started again."

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