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Open Thread: May 31

by cv harquail May 31, 2014

Welcome to our weekend open thread. If you’ve got any au pair issues at loose sends, you can tie them up here with the help of the AuPairMom community. This thread will be open for comments, ideas and questions (subject to moderation, for first time commenters) until Monday morning or 100 comments, whichever comes […]

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Open Thread: Memorial Day Weekend

by cv harquail May 24, 2014

Drumroll Please, for this weekend’s Open Thread! If you’ve got something you want to share, jump right in. If your comment doesn’t show up right away, it may be that my All-American software has automatically held the comment in moderation, waiting until I put down my gin and tonic. This thread will remain open until […]

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Open Thread: Mother’s Day Edition

by cv harquail May 10, 2014

My friend Liz, in her official author/blogger role as @Hello_Ladies, made a provocative suggestion: Instead of Sunday being Mother’s Day, Mother’s Day Should Fall on a Monday. Then, we moms would actually be able to take some time off to relax from *all three* of our jobs: Mogul, Mom, and Maid. This morning, as my […]

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Au Pair Asks: My Host Family Fights. Is it okay to rematch?

by cv harquail May 8, 2014

Personally, I can’t imagine living in a family where the members actively fight with one another. It’s one thing to have sibling bickering, or to have the parents yell at each other (very) occasionally when something goes wrong. But to live in a household where people are actively hostile? That would depress me no end. […]

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The Fainting Au Pair: Should we rematch?

by cv harquail May 5, 2014

Reliable, predictable, kind, and safe — that’s what we need childcare to be. So what happens when we have an au pair who we like, who’s doing a great job, and then all of a sudden turns out to have a condition that is unpredictable, that makes her unreliable, and that makes you worry that […]

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Open Thread: Rooting for Rosie

by cv harquail May 3, 2014

Today’s open thread celebrate’s New Jersey’s Rosie Napravnik, who’s riding Vicar’s In Trouble in today’s Kentucky Derby. The Derby, and Rosie’s chance to make history, may or may not be on your radar screen for the weekend. But in our house, the run up to our annual Derby Party, plus the last week of classes, […]

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Open Thread: April 19

by cv harquail April 19, 2014

Welcome to our Weekend Open Thread! 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. You can even let me know if there’s a topic you think I should queue up for the coming week. Have you responded […]

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