Au Pair and host father killed by AP’s boyfriend

[Anonymous]

Such awfulness. If I were a host family, things like this would be a real concern.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7321129/Boyfriend-murdered-au-pair-charged-stabbed-death-New-Jersey-street.html


“Boyfriend, 27, of murdered Colombian au pair is charged with double homicide after she was found stabbed to death on New Jersey street at 6am while her employer's body was found in nearby home”.

[Anonymous]

It's really unclear about her status; sometimes the article describes her as an "au pair" and later a "nanny." At other times it says that she came to the US to learn English and "began babysitting" shortly after her arrival, which was over a year ago.
Does the journalist just not know the difference between nanny and au pair and thinks all terms are interchangeable?

[Anonymous]

NYT uses au pair:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/nyregion/maplewood-murder-david-laura-kimowitz.html

Although the neighbor’s comment about rotating au pairs every few months is confusing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NYT uses au pair:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/nyregion/maplewood-murder-david-laura-kimowitz.html

Although the neighbor’s comment about rotating au pairs every few months is confusing.

Oh, but, you’re right. This title uses nanny.

Nanny Asked Ex-Boyfriend to Return Key. He Arrived With a Knife.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/nyregion/maplewood-murder-david-kimowitz-nanny.html#

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NYT uses au pair:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/nyregion/maplewood-murder-david-laura-kimowitz.html

Although the neighbor’s comment about rotating au pairs every few months is confusing.

Yes, that is weird, especially since the other article claims she had been in the US for over a year and started working for this family shortly after she arrived....so which is it? Sloppy journalism? Confused neighbors? Or something shady going on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's really unclear about her status; sometimes the article describes her as an "au pair" and later a "nanny." At other times it says that she came to the US to learn English and "began babysitting" shortly after her arrival, which was over a year ago.
Does the journalist just not know the difference between nanny and au pair and thinks all terms are interchangeable?

Not everyone lives in an elitist bubble, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's really unclear about her status; sometimes the article describes her as an "au pair" and later a "nanny." At other times it says that she came to the US to learn English and "began babysitting" shortly after her arrival, which was over a year ago.
Does the journalist just not know the difference between nanny and au pair and thinks all terms are interchangeable?

Not everyone lives in an elitist bubble, right?

DP. From anyone else I wouldn’t care. But a journalist’s entire job is to convey accurate information. When they are sloppy about something as simple as this, it makes me question what else they were sloppy about in their reporting.

[Anonymous]

Right now, I think it’s conflicting info/terminology from emotional informants.

I find not everyone is familiar with the term au pair. Especially people who view nannies as foreign-born women anyway. Adding a layer of young, short-term gig, and student to that isn’t going to change their use of nanny.

[Anonymous]

She was an Au pair because one of my friends is a Host Mother and she got an email from her agency about it.

[Anonymous]

There's already a thread

[Anonymous]

Huh.
Entitled white dude can’t handle rejection.
Never would have guessed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Huh.
Entitled white dude can’t handle rejection.
Never would have guessed.

Racist.

[Anonymous]

Already a thread:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/820009.page#15470198