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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is a nice post. However, I would never match with an au pair that refused to speak her native language with kids. Honestly, for us, that is the whole point of doing the au pair program. If we wanted a Spanish speaker who spoke decent non-native English or bad English with our kids, we could hire someone locally, which would be a lot cheaper for us. However, we do not want our kids picking up bad English habits from the au pair anymore than we want them picking up our Spanish mistakes as non-native speakers. [/quote]

Of course most au pairs are happy to teach the kids short phrases and salutations in their language, and words for animals, how to count, silly kids songs, etc. but they expect an immersive English experience. THAT is the cultural exchange. Also, no, you could NOT find someone locally for cheaper unless you were doing something very illegal. No one would watch your kids for $4 and hour. Your kids are going to be native English speakers, they are not going to have their English permanently 'marred' because their au pair spoke to them in not-perfect English. This is stupid.[/quote]

Crazy. Having an au pair is WAY more expensive than daycare/nanny share - it’s supposed to be a cultural EXCHANGE. HFS want an immersive language environment for their children not a pidgin English speaker. [/quote]

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