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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was an au pair a few years ago and was in a carpool with 2 other families. The other 2 familes also brought that child home for me and there was a weekly rotation.  I had 3 charges all at different schools so it was way easier to do carpool. 
Imo its fine if its reciprocated.[/quote]

The problem isn’t that it’s hard for the AP. The problem is that it required you to break the rules of your visa.
It put you at unnecessary increased risk. I am glad it went well but had it not the story would have been different. 
Let’s say the other kid made a (false) complaint about you, parents believe him, they chose to prosecute, how do you explain, even to defend yourself that you knowingly broke your visa rules and how do you feel that would have reflected on you and the case? Kids who make up stories about Caregivers/siblings and just people in general are fairly common.

It’s to avoid scenarios like this, same if you were to have a minor/major car accident which could result in parents of other kids making official complaints etc...

From a legal standpoint from the minute you break visa regulations, you run the risk of having your visa revoked if you get caught (which would limit your traveling for life), if those are risks you are/were willing to take for an host family that’s nice, but encouraging HFs to force their APs to take similar risks isn’t okay.

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