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[quote=Anonymous]We have two girls who ranged from infancy to young teens over the 12 years we had APs.  There was a dedicated car available to them but no other special perks and they mostly worked long hours.

We had [b]good to great[/b] experiences with Germans (5); English (2); Austrians (1); Polish (1);  one [b]fair [/b]experience (kids liked her, I did not, but stuck out the year) with an Austrian; [b]three [/b]poor experiences with one Austrian, one French, one Norwegian.  [b]Poor [/b]means they either were homesick and left early or had to be sent home.  There was also one English AP who spent the weekend and left on Monday; I don't count her.  The conclusion we have drawn is that you really have to [b]evaluate the individual, not country,[/b] and not be too picky about non-essentials. Our essentials were [b]reliability and safety (children, house, car, and AP).[/b]

There were some that needed to be coached or reminded about doing the kids' laundry or keeping things neat, but I was okay with that. 
Even in the worst cases, housekeeping issues never arose to the level of seeking a rematch.  The girls that got sent home were moping about boyfriends that they lied about on their applications and never got connected here with any friends to do things with.   Some of these also lied about smoking on their applications, but it was the lack of enthusiasm and lack of friends network that caused them to have to leave after 3 months, 4 months, and 6 weeks, respectively.  [/quote]

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