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[quote=Anonymous]OP here - the kinds of issues that have been cited are:

- seeking therapy for bad breakup with boyfriend (several profiles)

- anger management/ staying angry only a few minutes then calming down

- anxiety and anger - being up at 3 a.m. with worry

- seeking therapy for not being able to focus at school and complete basic tasks

- random disassociation /fainting spells and unknown sources with brain scans -- etc. (sounds like a panic attack to me??)

etc etc....

I don't mean to be heartless, I see there is a ton of mental health reported in the news.... It's just that I've been reading au pair profiles for a long time (two of my older children are much older, I have a 10 year age gap with youngest) and these types of things weren't reported in the past....

I appreciate the honesty, but like a PP posted, I would not put this on my job profile..... but, again, I am not sure if this is a trend of the baseline of disclosure and/or underlying conditions....or if fewer people are applying and I am only seeing these profiles???

I am just sharing this observation, wondering if others have noticed too? and no I am not interviewing these folks as I don't want to have to become the therapist to an au pair......

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