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[quote=Anonymous]As a host parent, I think it is ridiculous to leave a non driving AP home for 12 weeks with your kids and expect her to plan out a ‘summer of fun’.

If you’re too cheap to pay for camp, then at minimum make a calendar for her that outlines at least one major activity that they should do each day of the week when they are home:

Monday - Pool
Tuesday - Zoo
Wednesday - ...

I take this approach even when my kids are home during the day for just a random teacher in-service day.

Come on parents, we really need to be realistic about the services that we are getting, and why AP’s are here. Yes, they are here to help their host families with their kids, but their ultimate goal is to xyz (experience America, strengthen their English ability, etc,).

As a mom, I think that it is a terrible idea to leave an AP home with multiple young kids all 12 weeks of summer (bad for both the kids and the AP). Heck, I wouldn’t even sign myself up to do that with my kids (give me 6-8 solid weeks with my kids and we’d have a great time, but I would be WIPED out).

Net net, I feel like you have some nerve making it sound like the AP is lacking in skill/ability, because she can’t plan for the 60!! Days that she is staying home with your kids over the summer. [/quote]

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