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[quote=Anonymous]30-40% seems really high -- why would anyone stay in the program if every one in three is a dud or leaves?  I feel like the families that have been in it the longest say about 1 out of 8 or so.  Maybe those families have a higher tolerance or are better host families??

It would be nice to have some real statistics, but I'm guessing it doesn't benefit the businesses (i.e. what parent or au pair would sign up if they knew 40% didn't have a successful match).

My LCC mentioned that most rematches seemed to be initiated by the parents so it wasn't that the au pairs necessarily picked up and left unless the situation was bad or they had unrealistic expectations of the job. But that still doesn't answer the question. Why so many unsuccessful matches?

Some of the companies would be wise to produce an hour long training video the parents haven't to watch before they match so they also have realistic expectations. I truly didn't know what to expect the first time. But the one piece of friend I received from a friend that I took to heart was -- if you want the program to work, you have to accept them into your family and we aim to do that. Fingers crossed. [/quote]

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