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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Host families need to remember that their au pairs are not little children. They are young adults. Young adults are very independent and like to do their own thing... even when they are your own children. So it is reasonable, given their age, to not want to eat all meals with you or go all places with you. [b]You have unconditional love for your own children so I am guessing they want something like that in wanting to be “part of the family.”[/b] They don’t want to be thought of as “the au pair.”[/quote] I have never, ever met a host parent who has "unconditional love" for an au pair. Also, even unconditional love has its limits. Even parents who unconditionally love their children don't let them do whatever they want, and DO set limits and discipline them for breaking rules.[/quote]
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