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[quote=Anonymous]As someone who has had two really bad AP experiences (and two incredibly perfect ones), I haven't found the answer, other than time. For me anyway, since I work so hard and spend so much time on making sure our au pairs are happy and getting what they want out of the year, it becomes a really emotional experience when they don't appreciate all that you do and don't hold up their end of the bargain. I've posted about it, talked about it, etc., but in the end it doesn't seem to do much good. Now that I'm about six months out from our last bad experience and have a wonderful au pair, I don't think about it nearly as much. The other thing you can do though, is just learn from it. I've learned not to put up with an au pair that doesn't do the basic requirements of her job after one "reset" conversation. I've learned more about interviewing and training. So at least I can feel good about having gotten something out of the bad experiences. [/quote]
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