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You’re right, he’s wrong. This is a problem.
Most of the time when I get an email for us at AuPairMom, I do my best to hold back. I usually want to let you all take charge of an issue, so I restrain myself from sharing my opinion first. But in...
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Au Pair Asks: Host Dad is Mean to Child
Although this blog is not really for au pairs, there are times when other host parents are the best folks to offer advice to an au pair. This particular situation is a tough one, since the problem...
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Recent Widower / Single Host Dad: How to find the right au pair?
Readers, Here’s a specific question about choosing the right au pair for a family that has lost their mom through tragedy. We had one host dad comment on our earlier post about single parents, and I...
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Orienting an Au Pair when Host Mom can’t be there
Dear AuPairMom, I have organized an au pair to come and help us for a month at the end of June. (This came through a work contact and I have spoken on the phone with the au pair and her mom) . My...
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What can Host Parents Do about Deceptive Agency Practices?
Readers, I must admit that these stories of being screwed by both agency & au pair get me upset. Thank goodness these stories are more rare than the terrific au pair and the perfectly fine au pairs...
View ArticleStruggling to Communicate With Host Dad
Every host parent has his or her own approach to interacting with their au pair. Our personalities affect some of this, but even more important is who has taken which role in the host parents – au pair...
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Divorce Difficulties: When Your Ex-Spouse Gets an Au Pair
Childcare arrangements for families with two sets of parents can be difficult for everyone. The non-custodial parent often has very little influence over the childcare choices the custodial parent...
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When Parenting Styles Conflict
Au Pairs and Host Children need consistent expectations from Parents in order to do well. In families where both Host Parents have a similar parenting philosophy, or where one parent takes the “lead”...
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Innocent Au Pair Shunned By Jealous Host Mom
Sorry about the headline, but how else to summarize this dilemma, below? Before you jump in with good advice, which you will, let’s remember that we only know one side of this story, and we should...
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Helping an Au Pair Whose Host Dad Is Acting Inappropriately
(Reposting from its previous place in another thread:) Writes Host Mom X, I need some urgent advice on an uncomfortable situation, with a new au pair and her Host Dad: One of our au pair’s besties...
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