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[quote=Anonymous]My 7 year old is very close with twin 7 year olds in a family we have “bubbled” with. The au pair regularly asks if she’d like to come play. The 3 kids spend the da entertaining each other well - the au pair told me it’s much easier for her when our daughter is there for play dates and the au pair asks her over often.

There’s a chance we may do distance learning togehter this fall. (I think this is a great idea, but my husband isn’t onboard with sharing inside space during Covid. So far the kids always play outside.) The kids may be in different classrooms and there may be different zooms to manage. Initially I declined because the idea was to take turns teaching which I isn’t realistic with our younger child and our jobs. I need some flexibility about when I teach our 7 year old and can’t commit to teaching 3 of them. The au pair (who is getting an education degree) then said she thought it would be more enjoyable and easier if our child joined in and she could do it each morning. I assume I should pay her something if she’s teaching our child but I don’t know whether this should be hourly like a salary or some flat amount or just a nice gift etc.  I also don’t know when / how taxes should kick in. [/quote]

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