Macpherson Glad She Snubbed Nanny Help

Elle Macpherson is glad she decided not to hire a nanny to raise her children - because she gets to oversee every part of their upbringing.

The Australian supermodel has two sons with tycoon Arpad Busson; Flynn,12, and seven-year-old Aurelius Cy.

And the catwalk queen admits one of her "best decisions" has been choosing to be a hands-on mother and not to rely on the services of staff.

She tells Tatler magazine, "I have help, but I don't have a nanny, for example, and it has been one of the best decisions I ever made because I get to participate in all aspects of my children's lives. "I don't just walk in and do 'good time' mum.

I do 'wake up, even though you don't want to get out of bed' mum.

I do 'I'm making you breakfast and I'm sorry but you have to have fruit' mum.

I do, 'we are doing your homework together whether you like it or not and then we can have fun' mum. There is a profoundness to my experiences".