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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would pay for the first ski trip. It’s a family outing, and something new that she might enjoy.

Yes, $50 is a large part of the au pair budget (depending on what Canadian take home pay is for au pairs - it’s almost 20% of the US budget).

She has been with your kids all day. She wants to relax, watch Netflix, etc at night - not take your kids for more hours during her off time so that you feel like she’s going above and beyond.

Come on parents, your expectations aren’t fair ...[/quote]

We don't *expect* her to do something like that, it was an example (and it would be after the kids are asleep), but at the same time I feel like we do a lot that isn't expected of us. This is only our 2nd AP after having full/part-time nannies in the past, so we don't have much of a basis of comparison, but our first AP would do little extras as a gesture of thanks - not at all expected and we were immensely grateful, and it felt like a two-way street in terms of each party being thoughtful. That's why I feel kind of conflicted about things at the moment ...[/quote]

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