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[quote=Anonymous]OP back. I’m surprised at the direction this entire conversation went. We had prior European au pairs that stressed the importance of family dinners, which is why it became an explicit expectation, but only for weekdays. We’ve learned to state the obvious in our handbook rather than assuming. “Family dinner” is more about the time to connect rather than just food.

I’m also a very good cook and have phases of interest in other cuisines, so I can make Chinese, Thai, and Indian. Prior au pairs have been very happy with my cooking and willingly ate leftovers for lunch all the time (yes, they had other options).

No, I still don’t think I need to make an Asian dinner every night. Our au pair stayed she wanted to try hamburgers for the first time when she arrived. To me, this means she has no idea what American food is like and has not really tried any of it. We do not force feed her things she doesn’t like. We tell all of our au pairs that we expect them to try new foods and also set an example for picky toddlers who might whine they don’t like something without even trying a single bite. Yes, we do explicitly use this example because our au pair should be another adult, not a toddler in terms of trying new food or eating vegetables.

Overall, I do think it’s more of an attitude problem that’s mostly ok to live with. She’s here because of the opportunity to make more money in America if she can figure out a way to obtain another visa, not that she really wanted to leave her home country and live the American experience.[/quote]

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