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cars and driving

In Loco Parentis? Your Parental Responsibilities when your AP’s behavior challenges your values

by cv harquail June 1, 2010

As Host Parents, we have an odd role in our Au Pair’s lives. We are responsible for keeping them safe, housed, fed, and supported in their work with our children. And we also often play a role that I call Pseudo In Loco Parentis.
Pseudo In Loco Parentis
Like the fancy Latin?
Years ago, women’s colleges were expected [...]

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Took the car for the weekend & lied: Should I report car stolen?

by cv harquail January 23, 2010

The quick answer?

Only if you’re ready to rematch, and

Only if you are ready to have your au pair hate you.

And you may well be ready for that, if this situation is what it’s boiled down to:
I actually just found this great blog because I believe my au pair has stolen our car to take a [...]

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The 3rd Car: Avoiding a sense of entitlement

by cv harquail March 31, 2009

We all want to be generous, and we all want to be appreciated. There’s nothing like having a third car for your au pair to use to make you aware of the tension that can exist when you want to be generous and want to be appreciated.
When we bought our first Volvo wagon [...]

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Sample Handbook from a Reader

by cv harquail March 3, 2009

Hi Moms-
Recall that last month I invited you all to share pages from your Family Handbook … I’ve just posted the first of those sample handbooks as a page: Sample Handbook 2, from CC Family.

The Sample Handbook is based on the format provided by the Cultural Care Agency, so you may have seen some [...]

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