‘They’re Trying to Hire a Parent’ — OutDaughtered Fans Slam Adam & Danielle’s Nanny Hunt

It started as a simple plan: find a little extra help around the Busby house. It ended with the entire OutDaughtered fandom at war. In a recent episode, Adam and Danielle Busby sat down with two potential nannies — and what fans saw next lit up Reddit like a Christmas tree.

Some viewers are calling the interview “unreasonable.” Others say the couple is simply doing what any overwhelmed parents of six would do. Either way, the Busbys’ nanny hunt has become the most divisive storyline of the season — and nobody is backing down.

The Episode That Sparked the Firestorm

According to reports, Adam and Danielle interviewed two nanny candidates — identified on the show as Averee and Maura — to tackle what they called the “hard part” of parenting six kids. But the meeting raised eyebrows almost immediately.

The candidates reportedly told the couple they were “expecting a lot” for a single person — a polite way of saying the job description was enormous. Things got even more awkward when Adam and Danielle floated the idea of hiring two nannies, each working only half a week, while balking at paying full-time wages.

Fans also pounced on one detail: while discussing the “urgent” need for a nanny, both parents appeared to be lounging around on their phones. “Maybe get up off your butts and parent those kids yourself?” one viewer wrote — a comment that quickly became one of the most-upvoted reactions online.

Team “They’re Hiring a Parent, Not a Nanny”

This is the loudest corner of the fandom right now, and they are not holding back.

On Reddit, a thread titled “Nanny drama” kicked off the debate, with the original poster venting: “It’s frustrating seeing them trying to swindle a nanny to take on way more than a person can take on.” The user added that the candidates were right to push back, saying the couple was “expecting way too much.”

The harshest take? “They are trying to hire parents b/c they are effing so bad at it,” one fan wrote. Another added: “Easier to let the kids do what they want. It takes work to enforce respect, discipline and teaching. Adam and Danielle would rather just pay someone to do the hard part.”

Plenty of viewers pointed to their own lives as proof the Busbys don’t need help. “I was a single mom with 4 boys, worked as a high school administrator full time, and managed without help,” one commenter shared. “Those girls can do laundry and help. The lack of discipline and setting daily responsibilities is the key factor they seem to be missing.”

Team “Give Them a Break”

Not everyone is grabbing a pitchfork. The defenders argue that six children — five of them the same age — is a workload almost nobody else understands. Both parents also work full-time jobs on top of raising the girls, and Danielle has battled serious health issues for years. As one fan put it: “They have six children. That’s a lot!”

The Irony Nobody Can Ignore

Here’s the twist longtime viewers can’t stop laughing about: back in 2017, when fans first accused the Busbys of secretly using a nanny, Adam shut it down hard — calling the rumor “news to me.” Now the couple is openly interviewing nanny candidates on national television. Growth, honesty, or a storyline cooked up for the cameras? The fandom can’t agree.

So, where do you stand? Are Adam and Danielle asking too much — basically outsourcing the “hard part” of parenting? Or is raising six kids reason enough to get help? Drop your team below — Team “Hire a Parent” or Team “Give Them a Break” — and tell us why.