Two Kids, One Baby and a New Au Pair: Overload!

by cv harquail August 11, 2015
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Where do I start? writes 2K1BabyHM I’ve scoured your site for advice (and found tons!). I’ve made notes of tips and things to discuss with my new AP, but I still have some questions and I wonder if AuPairMom readers can help me out… AP3 has just started – nearly a week ago – but I […]

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What Forever Au Pair Wishes Her Host Family Knew

by cv harquail August 10, 2015
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Forever AuPair offered this as a comment to the earlier post13 Things Your Au Pair Wishes Host Families Knew, by Janine Snyder (AuPairSis). I thought it would make a great post of its own! What I Wish My Host Family Knew 1. Support your Au pair when she disciplines your kids, even if you would have done […]

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Funding AuPairMom: Sponsored Content Opportunities

by cv harquail August 7, 2015
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Hi All- There’s a new opportunity for publishing your insights and advice on AuPairMom:  Sponsored Content. In a nutshell, Sponsored Content is a chance for Au Pair Agencies and other Au Pair-related businesses and business people to connect with the AuPairMom community by paying to publish posts on the blog. I hope that Sponsored Content […]

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13 Things Your Au Pair Wishes Host Families Knew, guest post by Janine Snyder

by Janine Snyder August 5, 2015
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Janine Snyder, aka GoAuPair’s ‘Au Pair Sis’, has some insight to share from an AuPair’s perspective. Au Pair Sis and AuPairMom aren’t related, but we have a shared mission: we’re both working to help Au Pairs and Host Families strengthen their relationships. From AuPair Sis: When an Au Pair chooses to leave everything he or she […]

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What Kind of Role Model Are You For Your Au Pair?

by cv harquail July 31, 2015
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The most wonderful thing a host mom or dad can hear from a former au pair is “You taught me how to be a good parent.” I will confess that I’ve heard this myself, from the two au pairs we’ve had that we’ve stayed in touch with and that have become parents themselves. It was […]

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When Your Au Pair Connects With Everyone But You

by cv harquail July 30, 2015
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Not every Au Pair hits it off with every family member. Sometimes there’s a kid or a parent for whom the Au Pair’s personality is a perfect fit. Sometimes the Au Pair is ‘primed’ to listen to one parent over the other because of the Au Pair’s own family history. Sometimes the Au Pair’s home […]

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3 Ways to Help Your Au Pair Break A Texting Addition

by cv harquail July 28, 2015
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… at least while s/he is On Duty caring for your kids. SmartPhone addiction isn’t a metaphor– people actually get hooked on the physical rush of receiving a text. Like Pavlov’s dogs, a simple ‘ping’ starts them salivating for a connection with another person. Another person on the other side of the smart phone, though. […]

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Countdown to One Thousand Posts on AuPairMom

by cv harquail July 26, 2015
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Some numbers are big. Some numbers are significant. Some numbers are just the tip of the iceberg. And some numbers are just around the corner. For me here behind AuPairMom, one number– One Thousand — is rapidly approaching. One Thoushand is big, significant, and just the tip of the iceberg all at the same time. “One […]

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Responding to Surprise Request From Departing, So-So Au Pair

by cv harquail July 24, 2015
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Speaking of Au Pairs and a sense of Entitlement, Washingtomom writes:  Our Au Pair just sprung what I hope will be her last ‘surprise’ request of us. How should I respond? We are at the end of our AP’s year, final date is August 7th. She extended with another family and the supposed start date […]

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What About Being an Au Pair Host Parent “Sparks Joy”?

by cv harquail July 20, 2015
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Sparks Joy? If you aren’t one of the three million people who bought this book, or one of the 17 million people I’ve talked to about it, then you might not have thought about a possible link between being an Au Pair Host Parent and The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. If you are one […]

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