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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our Au Pair is in a bit of denial over the pandemic. She insists on seeing other au pair friends. For example, tonight she went over to her au pair friend’s house (the host family is traveling and not home) to cook and hang out. She is also seeing other au pair friends and taking car drives and camping trips. We recently shut down a planned trip to Florida that she wanted to take in January with friends. My question is: how careful should we be about her seeing friends right now, particularly indoors? We hear that we should avoid non-household people right now. Our family is generally very careful, but our au pair breaks out in tears whenever we bring up restrictions related to the pandemic. We want to be reasonable with her (don’t want to control her) but also be responsible. What rules are people adhering to with their au pairs and socializing? [/quote]

Be clear, open, honest and put the rules in writing. In our home, we feel comfortable with XYZ:  
Until conditions change and the positivity rate is less, we will continue to expect XYZ:
We WILL change the policies and rules of our home according to the state's mandates and according to our high risk status. The most restrictive would be XYZ:   The least restrictive would be ZYC:

Many aupairs are upset at the moment because families have changed their policies because of rising case rates. As if we don't have the right to react accordingly. We do. 
I am a huge advocate for having a great aupair year and we do our best. I am also unabashedly clear that my familiy and their health trumps her amazing aupair year. We would be happy to help her rematch, but if she catches covid19, odds are she will recover well. The odds are not as likely for the other members of our family.  I am not going to sacrifice my family's health for someone else's dream year. I will do everything I can to make sure she finds a family who will allow her to live the life she is hoping to live.

It's a maturity and trust thing. Don't sneak around. Rematch. Be free. Don't endanger someone's life.  Same with HF. Be clear. Be honest. Lose childcare if it means losing childcare. You will figure it out. Your family's health is more important.

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