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Are au pairs safe?

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Are au pairs safe?

Host families often feel vulnerable when bringing a stranger into their home to care for their children, but au pairs are at risk of being taken advantage of, too—and a good au pair agency will also carefully screen their host families to ensure they can provide a safe and supportive living arrangement.

What should an au pair not do?

Tasks that are inappropriate for Au Pairs:

  • Doing the parents’ laundry, or being solely responsible for household trash and dishes;
  • cooking meals or grocery shopping for the entire household;
  • extensive, time-consuming chore lists and household duties;
  • cleaning messes the children left during the Au Pair’s off hours;

How do you survive an au pair?

3 Tips For Surviving Your First Week As An Au Pair

  1. Communicate. Communicate with your family as soon as you arrive!
  2. Explore. During your free time go out and explore your new surroundings and meet up with fellow au pairs through the APOP forum.
  3. Be Kind to Yourself.

How long can au pairs stay?

How long can an au pair stay in the United States? Au pairs initially come to the U.S. on a 12-month J-1 au pair visa and can extend for an additional 6, 9 or 12-months, allowing a family to benefit from up to two years of live-in childcare from the same au pair.

Can an au pair get married?

3. Do NOT get Married –Yep! It seems that we have had a few au pairs fall in love while here in the states and they simply cannot get married and stay on the program. If an au pair does indeed get married she will be removed from the program and she will be on her own to get home and will be without insurance.

Is being an au pair good?

If you like taking care of the school-aged kids, want to go to another country to learn a new culture and improve your English, being an au pair is totally worth it. However, you have to do light housekeeping and work for 30 hours per week for ‘pocket money’.

How do you deal with homesickness as an au pair?

For Host Parents: Helping Your Au Pair Beat Homesickness

  1. Help your au pair make her room feel like home!
  2. Encourage your au pair to socialize with the other au pairs in your area.
  3. Ask your au pair to share traditions from her home country.
  4. Invite your au pair to family events, especially recreational activities.

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