Actress Jessica Alba has decided to avoid professional nannies and hire caring family members to look after her children.

Alba, 33, is raising daughters - Honor, 5, and two-and-a-half-year-old Haven - with husband Cash Warren, 35. Now Alba is apparently telling friends that she's against the modern trend of parents hiring total strangers.

`Jessica is really against the idea of people hiring strangers as nannies. She finds it unseemly and undignified,` raderonline.com quoted the source close to the actress-turned-baby-product-mogul as saying.

`Instead, Jessica says parents should find a younger member of their extended family to take care of their kids part-time because they are sure to be more loving and connected to them.`

The source revealed that despite her wealth, Alba's choice is also a financial one.

`Plus, Jess says an added benefit is that you don't have to pay family members nearly as much as people you get through employment services!`

Meanwhile, she is becoming a go-to expert on parenting thanks to the success of her Honest Company brand line of eco-friendly baby products.

Early this month the actress was honoured with `Mother Of The Year` at an event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

`Her two cousins work for her as an assistant and a nanny and the situation is working out great for the busy mom,` the source said.

Most importantly to Alba, `She has complete security in knowing that her cousins will love and protect her children as much as she does.`