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[quote=Anonymous]I am a former Au Pair and now professional nanny. I am happy I was able to come to the US as an Au Pair when I was younger. The experience was worth it even though my host family was terrible. It was the cheapest way for me to come to the US and get some money to buy my everyday needs so that I didn't have to ask my own parents. It was $140 a week by then and while it was not much, it was enough to buy what I needed by then : clothes, outings, toiletries, some weekends away : Greyhound buses and cheap youth hostels ... I wouldn't have been able to come to the US any other way. Coming to study was not something my family could afford. So I'm glad the program existed and that I was able to join. Now that I'm a nanny and make good money, I can see how underpaid I was. The room and board doesn't add up to make for a deserved salary. I don't think the program should stop but it should absolutely change and the girls should be paid more. [/quote]
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