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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone with no values and basic honesty is watching your kids and you are ok with that? Lots of trolls around here because it cannot be true,[/quote]

I’m one of the PPs who had an Au Pair who opened a credit card. I have no idea if she paid her balance or not. The Au pair program is weird in that you are supposed to treat her like a daughter in some ways (cars, gifts, including her in holidays and vacations), but she is not your daughter. At the end of the day she’s an adult who will make her own decisions. I absolutely told my AP that I didn’t think a credit card was necessary for her, just as I encouraged her to pay her taxes (which she didn’t do). But I can’t make her do anything, and I can’t step in like I will with my own kids.

Honestly, I don’t think my AP’s “financial values” mattered that much. She was a kind person, not a partier, didn’t sleep around, etc. It’s sort of like my work colleagues - as long as they are pleasant and do their heavy lifting, I don’t know/care if they have credit card debt. Millions of Americans do (I do not), I don’t think it necessarily means those people lack values - though I understand the sentiment.

This is one reason I didn’t like the AP program. They are impressionable young women who don’t always make the best decisions, but you can’t step in like you could with your own 22 year old. [/quote]

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