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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with 22:19.

Many / most families seem to be providing their AP with a cell phone but you will have to explain to your AP what you are willing to cover or what is covered. Unless you get a return AP or one that is extending they will not be familiar with US phone contracts and / or cost.
You do not necessarily need to provide a cell phone but if you want to be able to reach her while she is working you should. In that case you could limit it to "work" use or ask AP to be responsible for overages if they are due to private use.

I would also go for the "no romatic sleepovers", not only due to the possibility of a gay female AP but also because AP's brother / father / cousin might want to visit. Of course unless you don't allow visitors in general. Or you don't agree with any male visitors, not even during the day (which might be a problem if you had male APs in the cluster that AP might want to hang out with). 
My HF had a "no male friends in bedroom behind a closed door" rule. Male guests were welcome in common areas and to spend the night in the guest room on the 1st floor (with AP room being on the 2nd floor) while female friends were expected to share the AP room for overnight stays. AP1 used to spent the nights at her boyfriend's place, which wasn't a problem (after the family had met him). He also visited during the day or for dinner and the kids knew him as AP1's boyfriend. The boys loved having young male guests in the house to do "boy stuff" with and got a lot more one-on-one attention with male friends (romantic or not) around.[/quote]

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