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[quote=Anonymous]We had good luck with Germans--good English skills and not a huge culture gap. Set expectations and rules clearly up front. You can always loosen up, but very hard to tighten up. Be clear on how much you want/expect them to be "family" vs just living with you. That varied from au pair to au pair with us, and varied a bit based on their age. German au pairs were pretty independent pretty young, more so than some other countries in my experience. Especially ones from larger cities, they have quite a bit of autonomy early on. I'm sure the other North European countries are similar.[/quote]
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