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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curfew, no car, 3 kids? What do you have to offer?[/quote]

We live in NYC (where you don’t want a car), request that they get adequate sleep before work (so a relaxed curfew but still have some requirement), and 3 young kids. We also offer a lot of fun family trips, a country house, welcome their friends and family to stay with us (her parents are arriving today for 2 weeks!), accommodations to any plans whenever possible (we hire extra sitters), most days they only work afternoon and evenings, etc. [/quote]

You obviously have a ton of money to throw around to entice Au pairs, so this question doesn’t pertain to you.[/quote]

I don’t “throw money around” for anything, nor do I use it entice or bribe au pairs. We uphold the spirit of the program and try to treat our au pairs like family. Still, we don’t give them an “easy” job, I try to be realistic and let them know they will be spending a lot of time with young children. We’ve had tons of aps reject us based on 3 kids alone, or who don’t understand that living in a city they won’t want a car, or that they have to work some weekends, but once they start moving past that they see the benefits of our family. [/quote]

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