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[quote=Anonymous]Our au pairs spent a lot of time helping our kids learn how to take care of themselves.  Let’s be honest, much of parenting is doing things for your kids because it is faster than teaching them and monitoring them doing it for themselves.

We gave our au pair pretty direct instructions that they should help the kids in an age appropriate way, but at the end of the day we were asking them to partner with us in helping our kids become independent capable adults.  Our au pairs taught our kids how to clean the bathroom, double check homework, do laundry, pack a lunch, figure out what groceries they needed for lunch, clean up a snack, you name it, one or more of our au pairs probably had a hand in it.

Our whole family absolutely loved our au pairs, but for each one it often took a while for them to really embrace our approach since it was counter to almost all of their friends experiences.

We had au pairs for our twins from about age 3-12.  Obviously kids can’t fully manage everything at every age, but I cannot advocate enough for relying on your au pair for some of the heavy lifting to teach your children to do chores you’d otherwise have her do.

One word of caution, you have to be willing to back up your au pair if you take this approach since inevitably your kids will not love it at some point in time.[/quote]

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