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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always hear that it depends on the person.  We just had an 18 y/o who we felt was very immature in a lot of ways, ranging from small things like not knowing how to do her own laundry (we didn’t even ask her to do the kids’)  to bigger things like having no ability to use discretion or judgment with things.  I hope she was just one end of the spectrum - she is an only child and it seems like she was very babied by her parents back at home.

But on the other hand, I have heard stories from other host families about similar aged au pairs being great.  I think it just depends a lot on their life experience.  [/quote]

I'm the PP wit an 18yr old. This is much like ours and she cries over everything.  She cant even cook a frozen pizza without help. So she can't help prepare the kids food, can't do their laundry and struggles to help with homework. We have 6 months and 26 days left and cannot wait for this to be over. This is our first 18yr old and I had no idea it would be this bad. We've had high school sitters who were more capable and mature. The level of childcare we are getting is truly the bottom of the barrel. Not a chance I  hell I would keep her around if my kids were young like the OPs. She'd probably lose them[/quote]

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