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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Au pairs are not a monolith, but in my experience I’ve never heard one complain about too few hours. Many Au pairs complain about working over say 30 hours, though.

An Au pair would certainly be able to do the tasks you want, but… are you sure you want to go this route?  Au pairs are A LOT of work. Even if you get an independent, self-sufficient, mature Au pair, you will still have to deal with:

Having an adult roommate
Including Au pair in meals, birthdays, holidays, vacations
Providing a car / insurance / cell phone
Learning her food preferences, shopping for her, preparing meals for her

And that’s best case scenario. You will likely have to deal with:  homesickness, romantic breakups, car accidents, drinking, etc etc. It’s a lot of work. [/quote]

I’ve never understood these complaints about having an au pair. Do parents not realize that they will deal with all these things for their own kids?  Au pairs are human. [/quote]

Au pairs are cheap child care and, for a lot of lot of lazy Americans, cheap maids.  They have a late teens/early 20's young women and think they will be thinking like someone in their 40's!  [/quote]
Except it’s not actually cheap when you factor it all in. The advantage of an au pair is they can work a split schedule and most of them don’t work 45 hours per week. Nannie’s don’t want a split schedule sand they understandably want max hours. [/quote]

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