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Choosing An Au Pair For Teenage Host Children

by cv harquail March 1, 2012
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Host parents have been wondering about continuing with Au Pair caregivers as their children become teenagers.   While we discussed this question a while ago,  the children of many of the regular and newer members of the community have gotten older, and so the topic is newly hot. [See the earlier posts: Beyond the Chauffeur: Benefits of […]

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Integrating an Au Pair when your household has an Older Teen

by cv harquail September 27, 2010
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If you have both little kids and an older Teen, what are the things you need to consider as you plan for your Au Pair? Carrie asks,  because she and her husband are expecting a new baby, for whom she’d like an au pair caregiver. The challenge is that Carrie also has a son from a […]

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