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[quote=Anonymous]I am an AP with a 3yo and a baby I do 45hours (and more right now, though volunteeringly!) and I absolutely love my host family and wouldn't swap them for a 20hours one if I could.

I have been an AP before and while the schedule and number of kids/age might have an impact, the relationship with the parents/family is what's make or break for me in my opinion.

In quarantine working 50 or 45 hours don't change much for me right now, I have nowhere to go and I love my host kids so if I can volunteer to do extra hours and get extra cuddles while they finish to work I will. In exchange my host family has always been super generous and inclusive with me, even way before quarantine and it's the little details that have determined and sealed our relationship.

The fact that when they go to the store and see something they think I might like they buy it, the fact that if they are doing something as a family or going somewhere they think I might enjoy, they will invite me, the fact that when they realized quarantine was hard on me, they offered for me to take time off to get a break if I needed, the fact that the dad knew I wanted to learn piano so bought one to put on my side (have my private studio by their house), and give me piano lessons twice a week. The fact that when quarantine hit, they organized themselves so that one of them would almost always be available to help with one of the kids if need be and still make sure I get an hour and half break each day, it's the fact that they told me to take the car and drop a package off for my former host kid last weekend because they knew I hadn't seen him in 2 months and I was inwardly hurting over it.

It's the little thing a family does that make you feel welcome, I don't need emotional support from the family, but knowing that a family thinks about you and ways to make life better for you and want to include you when they do something means a lot and it makes it soo much more easier for me to want to go the extra mile or two and make their life easier during quarantine.

I would advise her to focus on the connection with the parents when she talk to them. I had the chance to meet my current host mom before I picked them for my extension and I just knew it was the family. (and now they are trying to convince me to stay on a student visa).

My last host family wasn't as nice and while I don't regret having stucked by them because it allowed me to meet my current hf, I would definitely suggest she takes the next two months to find her perfect extension familly. [/quote]

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