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[quote=Anonymous]Do you allow your AP to choose her own vacation weeks or do you choose one (or both) for her?

We have traditionally allowed our AP to choose, but changed our plan this year because there are 3 weeks during the summer that we don't need care.  We told our AP she could choose one of those 3 weeks over the summer if she wanted a week off during the summer (in the fall or winter, she could have her choice).  Her friend's family has chosen BOTH weeks for their AP this year and will only allow their AP (my AP's travel companion) to have the week before one of our selected weeks off.  (The first week our AP took off this year was also the one chosen by her friend's family and was not terribly convenient for us, but workable so we didn't complain.)  So now we have to be jerks and say AP can't travel with her friend or we have to give her off a week that is inconvenient for us.  I think we're going to be nice and make arrangements for other care that week so AP can travel with her friend, but it means AP gets that week off plus 3 other weeks off in the summer.  It's kind of frustrating that the other family is so inflexible and it seems incredibly unfair that they dictate to their AP the 2 weeks she can have off.  Most families give the AP some flexibility.  I'm curious if I'm just a sucker and everybody chooses both weeks for their AP.[/quote]

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