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[quote=Anonymous]Hi E.,

This is a difficult situation. It sounds like your mom would benefit from a therapist and possibly also medication. From what you are describing, your mom's condition sounds quite severe. If it is less severe than what you are describing, I can see two ways for you to proceed:
(1) sign up with an agency, find a host family, figure it all out, and then just tell your mom that you are leaving for a year. Period. One of our au pairs did this. She hid from her parents the entire application process. She came up with an excuse for traveling to the nearby city for the interview, etc. Her parents were not supportive, barely talked to her when she was here, did not want to hear anything about us, etc. This was, however, and amazing, formative year for our au pair. At the end, this may be what you need to do. 
(2) try to get your mom's buy-in by including her in the process. Our last au pair's mom was very involved. On our first skype, it was her mother interviewing us, other than us interviewing the au pair. At the end, everything worked out, and we became close to the mother as well as our au pair.

Good luck with everything. Separating from your mother is an important step on your way to adulthood. I am sorry your mom is making it difficult,

Hug. [/quote]

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