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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one is defending au pairs, sitters, nannies or parents, if  they neglect to perform their childcare obligations. In fact, most of us hopefully aren't afraid to speak out against such behavior as soon as we see it.

It is, by the same token, the ultimate responsibility of each child's parents, to leave their child in the care of persons who have proven to be responsible caregivers. How I could do that without ever first meeting the person, is beyond me. Other parents may have more confidence with that, than I do.[/quote]

I don't understand what this has to do with the post.  It actually does sound like OP is defending an au pair that was neglecting to perform her childcare obligations.  I think you're saying that you wouldn't have the confidence to leave your child with someone you've never met, implying that's what happens with au pairs?  Although I don't understand what this has to do with the original post, I don't see how it's that different from selecting a nanny except that you have the initial conversations and interviews over Skype.  The au pair agency does background checks and initial interviews and confirms the au pair's references.  Then the host parent looks at applications, contacts those they are interested in, has a few interviews over Skype, contacts the references the au pair gave, and matches.  Then the au pair is required to have a week of training with the agency and at least three days of training with the host family before being left alone with the children.  [/quote]

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