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We have been hosting for 5 years and rematched 3 times in that time. With our very first AP, when the rematch period started, we naively let our AP continue to work. She left the kids alone to interview with new families etc. After that I decided that we will house but not have the AP work for us during rematch.
We rematched with a later AP because she lied often and gave our house key to her friend when she didn't want to go home yet. When we told her that we would rematch, she threw her keys and bank card in my husband's face and proceeded to take the SIM card out of our-provided cellphone. That made us realize that, after we spoke with her about limiting her texting etc. on the job, she just got a new SIM card so we could not monitor her. Every time we called her she would not pick up but call right back with the original SIM card. Anyway, she left to stay with a friend on the day we initiated rematch.
We also had a mentally unstable AP whom we should have rematched with but didn't. She reminded my of Single white female. We discovered that the AP following her was a big liar and my tolerance and fuse was short after the previous horrendous experience. So only based on my entire history as a HM and to take my kids' well-being into account, did I demand that the LCC take the AP that day. I really had to push the LCC but the AP ended up leaving on her own to stay with a friend.
Long story short, push to have the AP stay with LCC if that is what you need.
Anonymous
OP- she was sent home. If she was rematching, I would have kept her because there is incentive for them to be "behave". She is gone now, so it's all ok.
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