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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you still need the help! My kids are in middle school and high school and we still need the flexibility of live in help, a driver (most important) and someone to hang out when there is no school for days.  Yes, my kids can stay alone but I don't love the idea of a 14 year old and a 12 year old being home alone for days on end with nothing to do and no way of getting anywhere since we live in the burbs. AP is a cost effective way to have all that.[/quote]

Yes indeed, I will still definitely need someone. But at 20hrs per week during the school year, it would be much cheaper at this point to use a local person. Not to say anything about claiming back my home, my car, and lowering my food/electric/phone/gas bills. I have all girls, and really no qualms about leaving my 15 and 12, 12yr olds home alone for a few days out of the year. As for summers, I might try to put the kids in sleep away camp for part of the summer.

No doubt the au pair program is the easiest route, but as I mentioned in my original post, my kids are not as engaged with our AP at this point and I don't think that's going to change moving forward. They seem kind of done with a live in au pair. If we continue, we will probably end up with a girl who is not as engaged with us, barely has to work, yet gets full advantage of all our expensive perks. At some point the give/take balance is not even anymore and I have a feeling it will build resentment.[/quote]

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