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[quote=Anonymous]Eh, I would be more concerned about the fact that she doesn't interact with your kids.  I feel like part of the program is that she is supposed to integrate into your family.

We had three au pairs (love them all) who had significant child care experience prior to coming to the US and genuinely enjoyed children and being with our kids.  They all wanted to spend time with the kids, even if they weren't working (no I didn't dump the kids on them afterhours, rather they would come to family events willingly like dinners, outings and vacations because we all enjoyed being together).

We paid them the normal stipend, but I frequently gave cash bonuses, extra days off here and there (for long weekends for travel) and special gifts because they were all so wonderful.  And always a good holiday bonus.  Full use of car & gas money, cell phone, metro fare, etc.

We went to Europe last year and visited all three of them, and all were supposed to come stay with us this summer.  We will see them again when it's safe, and likely they will be in our lives forever.

It's a wonderful program when all of the people involved are committed to it and doing it for the right reasons.[/quote]

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