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[quote=Anonymous]You  must be hiring a bunch of princesses.  I  have hired 4 APs who are 21+, mature, not looking for extras, just  here to learn English (better than what they've got now) to get a better job back home and spend a year or 2 in America.

I am a single mom teacher making 85K a year and i make it work.

1) My AP does not have access to my car.  She has a bus/metro pass and small uber allowance. But she sure gets a lot of rides from your APs driving your insurance-expensive car!

2) Cute linens on sale at IKEA do the trick.

3) special foods come out of her pay. This is discussed during the interview process. I do buy her meat, which i have never done as I have been a vegetarian since age 18.  I have read plenty on this board about moms not tolerating "special diets" -- well,  I do;  I have violated my values and allowed meat in my house for the first  time in 20  years because my fabulous APs were worth it.

4) welcome gift cards -- yes $100. Different stores/restos.

5) Educational allowance -- absolutely.  I am a teacher, after all.

Beyond the 45 hours a week i need her year-round (I work in summers too) she owes me nothing after 3:30pm. I tell her she can do anything  she wants to during the day with my child as long as she cares for/keeps my daughter safe. She can watch TV or go to museums or anything in-between.   I am not counting on her to  raise my child; that is my job. She is my child-minder , that is all. My APs value their freedom and lack of demand from me. They also like that i am a single mother to one daughter and there is no drama in our home. It's a very easy gig. We are on our 4th and the first 3 are still a part of our family.

I do consider it cheap child care and make no bones about it. I try to give back in other ways since I cannot do so monetarily and it has worked out beautifully. [/quote]

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