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[quote=Anonymous]I'm an American who was an Au Pair the year after I graduated from college, and I can definitely see this being very similar to the situation that I was in. When you told your Au Pair what her household duties were, did you specify when she needed to have them done by (or what your preferred time frame was), or did you just say by the time the kids get back from camp? I know when I Au Paired, the mom I worked for wanted me to sweep the kitchen floors after breakfast, and throw in laundry immediately after the kids left. The other chores ( bed making, bathroom cleaning, cleaning up toys, making sure dishes were cleared) were all expected to be done by the time the kids came home from school. So to me, that meant I could go back to bed, or relax for a while before doing everything. However, it became clear that my HM hated that, and really wanted everything done earlier than I was getting it done. Her house, her rules, that was totally fine, but it would have saved us both a lot of angst if she'd said something like, "Please sweep the floors and throw in a load of laundry as soon as the kids are off to school. Your other responsibilities should be done before lunch (or whenever), but feel free to have a cup of coffee and watch a TV show before you get started on them."[/quote]

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