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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Providing access to transportation is part of the program. Treating them like a part of the family is the spirit of the program.

Families are also impacted by covid, but I fail to see how the family is impacted negatively in the au pair relationship. Au pairs are disproportionally impacted - more childcare responsibilities, family home all the time, less social and travel options - the whole reason, along with improving English, that they come to the us - not just for the immeasurable joys of minimum wage babysitting.

If anything covid makes au pairs even MORE valuable to families, since child care is needed more now than ever, is in short supply, and is an added risk. Day care is super risky, nannies are hard to find and at least double the cost. Live-in child care is the lowest risk care option right now.

Or keep looking at it as a transaction and keep trying to provide the absolute bare minimum you have to by law. 
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Except many parents would not give their 18-20 year olds a car to drive a few hundred miles every other weekend, especially in COVID.  The family has to pay gas, insurance and maintenance.  AP is asking too much and that's not reasonable.  [/quote]

You would not let a college age young adult drive 2 hours? Really? Good luck. [/quote]

No, I would not let my 18 year old drive 2 hours when they have limited driving experience and an Au Pair has less.[/quote]

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