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[quote=Anonymous]Officially, AP can be asked to do any chores related to the children - including washing/drying/folding/putting away their clothes, tidying their room, changing their sheets, fixing their meals, etc.  She can also be asked to contribute to household chores in the same way that you, DH, and other household members contribute - eg, clearing dishes/loading dishwasher/cleaning house/etc.  However, she cannot be asked to do ALL of the cleaning, or cooking, etc.

Unofficially, if you have a good relationship with your AP, you may have more flexibility.  For instance, our AP does not mind picking up drycleaning, filling up the car (we give her the $ for this), taking car to car wash.  She also does more than just the kids' laundry.  But we don't ask her to do much housework since we have a cleaning lady weekly (who also cleans AP's room) and we don't ask her to do much in the way of cooking either (we prefer to cook).

I don't have experience with extension APs - could be a good route especially if you get to meet AP in person.  I found very few extension APs were available that met my criteria but I was looking for a German and they tend not to extend.[/quote]

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