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Au Pair Guidelines: What’s a reasonable curfew? (Poll)

by cv harquail June 2, 2010
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Do you have a curfew for your au pair on nights before she or he is scheduled to be on duty? Many Host Parents find that they need to be explicit about what time their au pair should be home, to make sure that she or he is ready to go the next morning. They […]

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Au Pair Advice: Getting enough sleep & being noisy late at night

by cv harquail March 14, 2010
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If there is anything about having an au pair — or anyone, really — in the bedroom on the third floor that bothers my DH, it’s noise after 10:30 pm. He is a fussy sleeper, and it drives him nuts to be able to hear a tv, or a phone conversation, while he’s trying to […]

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