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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am currently searching for an AP and am weighing male and female candidates just the same. Just interviewed a wonderful man from Germany and he was almost perfect, but he had no experiences with children who are constantly fighting (mine!) and did not seem to know what he would do to command respect and be able to handle our boys when they are about ti kill each other. Seemed like all of his experience was with kids who played nicely together.[/quote]

We had this problem with one of our female APs.  Sigh.   It was a long year with her.  And then our next (male) AP arrived and within the first week, did a roadtrip with the two children and me.  The children were bickering in the back of the car, carrying on the whole trip, and I was mortified and thought he would get on the next plane home.  When we talked about it that night, he laughed and said he didn't know there was anything epecially amiss because the kids he was used to in his home country would have been cursing and punching each other, and then cursing and punching him when he tried to get them to stop, not just bickering.  Best. AP. Ever.  I screen for "has cared for fighting siblings" now.

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