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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Frank gets $8/week for mowing his parents' lawn for an hour as allowance, NOT really pay."

Exactly my point.  The stipend is an "allowance" because like Frank, AP is living in "parents" home with food, utilities, phone, car, etc, paid for.  When Frank mows the neighbor's lawn and gets $16/hour, he doesn't move in with his neighbors, drive their car, etc.

"Frank is not necessarily reliable because he might skip a week for playing baseball because he has NOT signed a contract with terms setting out his allowance."

Yes, I agree here that in theory AP is more reliable than Frank.  However, AP is often an inexperienced young woman who needs a great deal of training, instructions, follow-up, etc versus a professional live-out nanny.  APs "reliability" is extremely relative (ask any HP who has hosted several APs).  And let's be honest about the "contract"...in an unreliable AP situation, HP is responsible for dealing with mediation and housing AP for 2 weeks versus in the situation of "unreliable Frank", the neighbor can fire him on the spot.
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Contracts mean nothing.  AP can just up and leave with no notice and no financial or legal consequence ... and then get a chance to rematch with another HF.  Nothing to loose from the AP side.[/quote]

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