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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So you have an Au Pair you like, who is doing her job well, got home late but was still on time for the job and in a good mood so wasn't affected by the lack of sleep and you still feel upset? I think you need to pick your battles, OP.

I don't think an adult should have a curfew, and I am thankful I have never had one, I am an Au Pair (been an Au Pair a few times) and the family treat me as an adult and trust me 100% to manage my time and not let what I do on my free time affect my work.

Last week I went home way past midnight a few times as I had events I wanted to attend, I start my shift at 6.30am, and [b]I was ready to take over at 6.30am as expected, sometimes I don't go out but insomnia means, I don't fall asleep until 2am or so, I just get on with it and it never affect the quality of work I provide, my mood or the level of interaction I have with my host kid. [/b]

I think if you or your AP work was affected by her staying out later than 11pm you would be entirely justified in bringing it up and making it an issue but if your AP is great and you can't even notice the difference then why not trust her to be old enough to manage her sleep schedule. I wouldn't want to hire and leave an AP with my kids that I didn't trust was mature enough to know her own limits  and abide by them so I find people who enforce curfew, very strange indeed as you apparently don't trust your Au Pairs to know what's best for them, yet trust them with your kids.

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