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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I would have hated that kind of schedule when I was an Au Pair.
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Two hours to get ready in the morning is way too much.
If shower is taken at night and backpack is ready as well, then you only have to get up, get dressed and have breakfast.
It won't hurt anyone to have the children sleep a little more and have the AP start later.

Then in the evening, the mother or father is home and you still need the Au Pair. That's not fun to work and have one parent around.[/quote]

Then as an AP you should have accepted with a different host family.  This isn't all about "fun".  There's a "work" component too, and if you don't want to do the job as advertised, turn it down.[/quote]

This! Each family is different. We do not know why OP needs two hours in the morning (maybe her kids are early risers) and the bottom line is: it's none of our business. Same applies to the evening hours. Au pairs have choices during the matching process and they can decline families that are not a good fit. If you hate the split shift schedule, then don't match! If you don't want to get up at 6:30, find a different family.

OP: If I were you, I would bite the bullet and rematch. You AP will not turn from a night owl into an early riser overnight. At the end, this was a bad match. As the PP suggested. both of you are likely to be better of after a rematch. [/quote]

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