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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what do people do when the metro runs late and you're late?  The red line has gotten stuck a few times when I've headed home.  We pay extra for the inconvenience.  It happens sometimes.  We have paid $15 an hour when it happens.  [/quote]

You schedule things so that your AP goes over at most 2 times during a quarter.  You know that metro can run late.  So figure in 30 minutes extra every evening.  The 45 hours is a maximum, not a ball park figure![/quote]

This. If you’re trying to max out 45 hours every week or 10 hours every day you’re going to end up breaking the rules.

We have blown the cap about 4 times in all our years of hosting and it was truly exceptional circumstances (like once I was stranded on Amtrak for 3 hours). Not because we have good luck but because we plan for things to not work perfectly. [/quote]

Yes, exactly.  We schedule ours an hour later than we plan on needing her every night.  For us that is a total of 40 hours weekly (so reality is 35 hours if all goes perfectly).  If I am running 10 minutes late from work, no big deal.  We are honest about the reality of the hours and communicate about the arrival time, whether it is early or late.  It also gives us some time to chat about the day and the kids when I get home and I do not have to feel like I am imposing on her personal/off time.  It has worked well for us and the au pairs see this as getting off early (bonus free time!).  I think if I only scheduled 7 hours daily they would resent all those times I am 10 minutes late and my experience with child providers of all types (including very highly paid professional nannies) is that it is unacceptable for the parents to be late (even if you are early on most days).[/quote]

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