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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand. We've had several aps and our current one is about to leave in a few weeks. Everything is a trade off. I am, however, forever grateful to our second AP who came to us right before the pandemic started and stayed with us for 1.5 years. She was good with our kids and very independent, thus had no demand on us emotionally. The downside was she was sloppy and hard on the furniture. But, I'll take no emotional labor every day over anyone else.

We had one who was great the first 10 months, but then she started giving us so much headache with her poor choices and thoughtlessness. It's quite an 180. Still don't know what happened there but yes, the emotional roller coaster ride was too much.

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OP here. Thank you for understanding my feelings.

As a first time HF, we really don't know what other HFs are saying about great/excellent APs since we have nobody to compare to. But after reading all the stories about bad APs, I consider our AP at least a good one.  I can't imagine how a bad AP could affect my life if i am already irritated by little things from a good one. I think the AP program is good for the right family but just unfortunately not us. [/quote]

PP again. Yes it's not for everyone. Our first was kind of like yours, very moody and homesick, but good with the kids. I found myself walking on eggshells around her a lot. Our current one is very conscientious and responsible, but lacks common sense and requires a lot of coaching. We're going to give the program one more try but I'm ready to drop it from the sheer mental exhaustion. [/quote]

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