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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A family with 2 boys here. We pay $250 for roughly 20 hours weekly. Plus, money for weekend take/outs and gasoline. Bonus at the end of the year and Nordstrom gift card. We appreciate our  APs.[/quote]

Genuine question… why do you have an AP?  Once you factor in all the hidden costs (food, vacations, Xmas, car, insurance, phone bill, etc. plus agency fees,) you’d be able to get a part time nanny or high schooler for way less money. And less drama, less exposed risk to you, possibly more stability. And the biggest plus - you don’t have a teenage roommate!!!  Why put up with an AP if you can get a live out sitter, probably with more experience and less risk, for the same or less money? [/quote]

DP but maybe the HF actually likes the cultural exchange part of the program or the finite end when the AP is fine but not wonderful?  Also, TBH, nannies can also be a pain in the butt (entitled, don't take direction, and/or come with their own family obligations or abusive spouses), are more like to be "sick" or late to work.  We have had APs with 2-3 years of professional child care experience/training and good attitudes, initiative, etc.  Granted, we may have lucked out, but nannies are not always better and good luck getting a PT one.[/quote]

Fair point about the difficulty getting a nanny to do a PT gig. More likely to find a high schooler or college kid. Our AP lied about her experience with child care. It ended up being fine but I just wish she would’ve been honest. I had to teach her every. Dang. Thing. About childcare - including how to put a diaper on, despite the fact that she was “infant qualified.”  What a joke.

Agree that one of the biggest advantages of an AP is dependability. I’ve used Nannies before and they needed way more time off for personal reasons than our AP. On the other hand if the PP only needs the AP 20 hrs/week, they probably have pretty flexible schedules to begin with. Anyways good counterpoints. [/quote]

20 hours is actually likely to be less flexible.  1-1.5 hours right before school and 3.5-4 hours right after school are the hours *everybody* needs.[/quote]

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