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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow!! Personally I don’t think you should ask an au pair to work Thanksgiving or Christmas although I understand if you have to you need the childcare. How does she just refuse though? You’re in charge. [/quote]

Both my spouse and I are health care professionals. Any one of the 365 days a year is fair game. We work holidays, we work weekends, we nights (though not typically). This is the primary reason we went the AP route. If you re-read my post you will see the part you missed where I mentioned that during the interview process we told her that we need weekends and holidays. We specifically mentioned Christmas and Thanksgiving. She didn’t care about either one of them. These 2 holidays we have found impossible to find childcare, so that is why we made sure to bring it up during the interview.  Now she cares about them because she has a boyfriend who cares about them.

Also I would hardly classify it as working. My kids are very self sufficient. At 9 and 11, they do their own laundry, they clean their own rooms, they do the dishes, they have their own stem and art projects they are always working on, the 11 year old can cook simple and some more complex meals. We just need an adult human there for emergencies. Both APs have told us this is the easiest job they have had.

In response to the comment about being in charge: she is an adult I can’t  make her do anything she doesn’t want to. Some things are insignificant and you let them go and others  are a big deal so you come to a resolution.

Next time keep in mind that not everyone has the luxury of working 9-5, M-F.[/quote]

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