Notes about the Blog

Host Mom Dumped at Funeral by Extension Au Pair-turned-Bridezilla

by cv harquail June 4, 2014

Readers, I couldn’t think of another headline that would capture the gawd-awful truth of this host mom’s story. Let’s call her “UnluckyHostMom”. Dear AuPairMom– I know that you typically post questions, and that you occasionally run guest posts written by readers. I recently had such a terrible au pair experience, that I thought it would be […]

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Bridging Yards, Bridging Cultures, Guest Post by Amy Massey

by Amy Massey May 29, 2014

bridge between two back yards, with girls lauging

Here’s a guest post from Amy Massey, a long-time reader, a host mom, and now a placement director with A.P.EX PROaupair. Amy writes about her experiences as a host parent who — like her backyard neighbor– has a child with special needs. Please note that this post isn’t sponsored by PROaupair, nor is it an advertisement […]

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Improving the Matching Process: 10 Things I Wish Au Pairs Would Do

by Texas HM May 21, 2014

Matching well matters — for both Host Parents and Au Pairs. Asking good questions and getting thoughtful answers helps a lot when it comes to finding a good match, but there’s more that host parents and Au Pairs can do. TexasHM had some great ideas (I italicized the points I particularly loved): “In the matching […]

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Tell Us What You Think! Reader Survey

by cv harquail April 2, 2014

Share your anonymous opinions and suggestions, by participating in our Survey of AuPairMom Readers: Click Here to Take The Survey!

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Open Thread: Here we go!

by cv harquail March 15, 2014

Welcome to our first Saturday Open Thread/ Experiment! Open threads are for comments on any subject at all, including past posts, things we haven’t posted on, what you’ve been thinking or doing, etc as long as it follows our basic comments policy. Each thread will be open for a full week, from Saturday morning […]

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First Time Here? Please Take Our Survey

by cv harquail March 11, 2014

If this is your first (or second) visit to AuPairMom, we’d like to hear about what brought you here and whether you found what you need so that we can make the site work better for you. Will you take our New Visitor Survey? It’s 10 quick questions–it should take about 1 minute, 2 if you […]

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Notes About The Blog: What’s been happening behind the scenes at AuPairMom

by cv harquail March 9, 2014

You might be wondering what’s going on here at AuPairMom, what with the revised blog formatting and my efforts to post more often. I’ve finally put the wheels in motion to ‘upgrade’ AuPairMom so that it works more effectively for you and for me. AuPairMom has got itself a consultant, Shawn.

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Au Pairs and Common Sense: Guest Post by TakingAComputerLunch

by TakingAComputerLunch February 27, 2013

Mother Owl, fox, baby shower card, baby shower invitation, adoptive mother card, grandmother, whimsical, blank card

Common sense plays a huge role in how we function as adults, especially those of us with children. As parents, we know a late night out will cause us to pay double in the morning, because the kids’ internal alarm clocks don’t reset just because we’ve had no sleep. We know we need to think […]

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Who Are The Mysterious Wise Women (and Men) on Au Pair Mom?

by cv harquail February 19, 2013

I know some stuff about the folks on AuPairMom that I bet you wish you knew. Just to name a few: I know the real name of TakingAComputerLunch. I know what kind of music CalifMom enjoys. I know how to reach DarthaStewart with a moment’s notice, whenever I need her opinion. Lucky me, I know […]

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