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[quote=Anonymous][quote]My kids are in 9th, 6th, and 3rd, and I don't see quitting the AP program any time soon, although it has its ups and downs. But the reality of the split shift schedule -- 2 kids out the door at 7 am, and the youngest not starting school until 9:25 -- means that we need that 3 hours of coverage in the morning. We also wouldn't be able to manage the kids' activities without an AP, as my spouse and I each have an hour commute and can't possibly get home to start picking kids up at 4:30 pm. Add in work travel, plus snow days, sick days, and date nights, as PP have mentioned, and we just can't manage without a third person with a flexible schedule who can take up the slack.

It doesn't make sense to look at full-time nannies/household managers, as there just aren't 6 hours worth of work in the middle of the day to be done, and a full-time person would probably double our costs. Not feasible. And I think trying to manage a part-time/flexible sitter is just as much drama as trying to negotiate an AP relationship -- mainly because of the turnover. I have several friends who can easily face two to three turnovers a year, simply because the kinds of people who are willing to do part-time gig work are students or otherwise in a transient phase of their lives. [/quote]

PP, thanks for posting this!  How does your 9th grader get along with your AP?  Have you had any issues?

We've got a 7th grader and 3rd grader and for the reasons you mention, expect to continue with the AP program for the foreseeable future.  Because of the country that we prefer (German speaking), we tend to get 18/19 year old APs, so the age difference with our 7th grader is narrowing.  I'm wondering if this will become a problem as time goes on?  Perhaps not, the relationship seems to be evolving.  Curious what experience has been.[/quote]

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