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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...AU PAIR IN THE SPOTLIGHT...
...clashed with our second au pair, from Denmark, almost immediately. She was offended when I insisted on watching her drive before handing over our car. One day, as my neighbor had presciently warned, she was in a collision--with our kids in the car. The next day my wife started working from home full-time, and doing all the driving. Our third au pair, from Germany, was in way over her head. She spoke almost no English and complained that we hugged our kids too much. She left in a week. The fourth, also from Germany, had no energy...
...expect too much? Were we unfair? I don't think so. When we finally hired a mature, full-time nanny, all these problems vanished. Why did we stay with EF Au Pair so long? The program costs a fraction of what a nanny charges, and the glitches didn't seem insurmountable. Besides, we really did want it to work. So what went wrong? It's clear to me now that there's a tremendous disconnect between au pairs and host families. Many au pairs are oblivious to the daily rigors that await them in tending to small children. Their main...
...much Louise Woodward made each week as an au pair...
...much the EF Au Pair Agency paid for her defense...