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[quote=Anonymous]Au pair will realize fast that she is just a worker for you. If she is from Europe it is almost sure that she will see American culture as superficial. She will feel required to respond "fine, good" -keeping positive attitude. One of my HP was asking me ' How was your day?' routinely. I responded "Fine' adding couple of things connected with the children'. Once HP asked me:
'How was your day?'
I asked 'Do you have any other questions?'
'Was your day good?'
I said 'No'
And then HP run away.

In this persons mind I was expected to say only good things. Ofcourse I was spending my day with kids so I was expected to say some funny story connected with children. Imagine doing sth like that 12 months staying with young kids. Totally pointless and boring without any additional question. Sometimes I thought these people weren't interested what was I doing with their children and they weren't giving me any ideas or materials for arts and crafts. Also surprisingly HP asked me about my plans for weekend. I responded negatively. They wanted me to work on Saturday.  I was fine with that. I realized that it was just about job. I would say that she might think that you want her to work more. My HP weren't hitting the right questions at all. It was superficial. Sometimes Au pairs might really doesnt know what to say. Please ask additional questions.[/quote]

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