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Au Pair Appreciation

Announcing… 2nd Annual Au Pair Appreciation Week!

by cv harquail May 3, 2010

The 2nd Annual International Au Pair Appreciation Week May 17 – 21, 2010! Welcome to Au Pair Mom! Please be sure to check out the tab “First Visit?”. Also, use the categories and the search box (both in the right sidebar) to find posts on topics you’re interested in. Please– join in the conversation! Thanks [...]

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How Does Your Au Pair Grow?

by cv harquail January 17, 2010

Truly one of the joys of being a host parent is watching your au pair blossom as a citizen of the world and as as a person. I look back in hindsight now and wish that for each of our au pairs, I had written them a note at the start of their year to [...]

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Thanksgiving Thoughts about Gratitude

by cv harquail November 25, 2009

With Thanksgiving upon us, opening up the holiday season, all of us host moms & dads have a chance to be thankful about what our children and our au pairs bring in to our lives. Part of the reason I think that having an au pair can be so great is that it asks us [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: Brazilian Manny wins “Au Pair of the Year”

by cv harquail May 9, 2009

From a press release issued by Cultural Care: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 10 /PRNewswire/ A young journalism student from Natal, Brazil who has shown compassion and dedication in his daily care for a special needs boy, has earned the distinction of being named the"International Au Pair of the Year". [Check out the YouTube video, which is [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: Hooray for all of you!

by cv harquail May 8, 2009

Well, we’ve come to the end of the very first annual International Au Pair Appreciation Week! Thank you to  the host moms and dads who sent in the stories for the Au Pair Appreciation posts this week. Thank you to all of you who commented on the stories, offered snippets of your own stories, and [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: Popsicle sticks and masking tape

by cv harquail May 8, 2009

International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Mom for her family Why do we appreciate our au pair so much?   Our AP is beloved by both my kids. They are five years apart and so have very different world views and needs, yet she is able to have a great time on [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: A positive spirit, no matter what

by cv harquail May 7, 2009

International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Mom Ms. April is our fifth aupair, and third angel. I liked the experiences that were listed on her application and called her. We had a good conversation, but she didn’t think she could travel as quickly as we needed. When she had a chance [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: Special sensitivity

by cv harquail May 7, 2009

International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Mom My daughters were born in China, and spent 12 and 32 months in an orphanage and in foster care. Ms. Dikun is a certified teacher in China, and we were incredibly blessed to have her join our family for a year. She was our [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: Setting a high standard

by cv harquail May 6, 2009

International Au Pair Appreciation Week As shared by a Host Mom Johanna was our first aupair, and set a really high standard for what we would hope for from the aupairs that would follow. She showed incredible judgment in choosing which aupairs to spend time with, and often chose to stick close to our family. [...]

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Au Pair Appreciation: Help some host families strengthen their au pair relationships

by cv harquail May 5, 2009

As International APAW continues, you might be looking for another quick, easy and helpful way to show not only that you appreciate your au pair, but also that you appreciate the challenges and the responsibility of being a great host family. So here’s another suggestion for appreciating au pairs and host families that is easy [...]

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