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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please see the thread on APs and traveling.  You are proving what most suspect -- you want an AP for cheap childcare, not for the cultural experience.

I personally agree with others, that at some level, you are engaging in human trafficking.  Please tell me what your AP is getting out of this.[b] And please don't say you explained it all to her when she came. No way a young woman from another country (may impoverished) knows what it means to be stuck at home with her boss and kids.
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Please rematch.[/quote]

This can be explained and it has.

The pandemic is global, and many APs are in lockdown mode regardless of where they are, and want to be somewhere different.  It's on the HF and agency to be crystal clear on what the rules and restrictions are.  AND, it's also on the AP to make a decision based on the restrictions.

It's deceptive if the HF says "Oh, yeah, you can do x, y, and z" but in reality the situation is different.

It's also deceptive if the AP says "YES" to everything and comes with their own agenda. [/quote]

Totes, because young women with dependent immigration status as wealthy HFs in terms of bargaining power....ignorant AF. Also, many HFs in our circle have all kinds of creative mental gymnastics to explain why they get mani-pedis, boozy backyard get-togethers and daily trips to WFs but refuse to either provide a car or let their au pairs use public transportation to go to grocery or meet up with friends outside. One of our AP’s friends host family told her pre-pandemic she is unable to date during her cultural exchange year. She’s 24. That is insane. This is why the program is falling apart. [/quote]

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