by cv harquail
October 2, 2015

When you sign up for an Au Pair, you imagine your grocery bills to get about 20% larger. What’s incremental — beyond what you’re already buying — is another adult size portion of the main foods — another 8 oz of meat for each entree, 7 more bowls of cereal, another 3/4 of a gallon […]
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by cv harquail
June 5, 2015

Host Mom 4thTimeLucky?! shared a really interesting and comprehensive recommendation for assessing Fair Pay for Au Pairs in unregulated countries (aka countries without fully-regulated Au Pair programs). The document was originally written and shared by Anja Kapelski. Anja runs Au Pair-Assist, an Australian Au Pair placement agency. As 4thTimeLucky?! writes: The document tries to convey a realistic picture of […]
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