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[quote=Anonymous]Hello, 
We have our first Au Pair, and my kids are having a hard time connecting. It has only been about three weeks, but I was hoping for any tips or suggestions or perhaps thoughts on if this is an issue.  Our Au Pairs English is much worse than we expected, not conversational even. We had problems initially because she was saying yes she understood stuff, and she didn't ( she would just agree). We are working with google translate, writing stuff off and talking slower and repeating oursevles so that problem is getting better. However, my daughter ( 6) who is in camps most of the time so not as much interaction at this moment, does not want to seem to interact with her at all. It started out great, but now she barely acknowledges her. When I ask why, she tells me it's because she can't understand her .  My son-- also ( who the au pair is with all the time) has not warmed up at all. When I work from home ( I hide so he doesn't know I am home), I can hear them and she just doesn't make a ton of initiative  with him.  I don't know if it is language barrier or something else? To be fair he is a hard age ( just turned 4) and he takes awhile to warm up to people. I am not sure if this is a red flag, or something I should be doing to help them bond more?  Is this normal at the beginning?

Thank you for any comments/help[/quote]

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