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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stipend (we offered $250/wk)
Weekly grocery allowance?
SmartTrip value for bus/metro?
Reimbursements for any expenses not for your kids?
Cell phone plan?

I feel we might be a bit overly generous and setting a tone that only lets her push for more with "I talked to this other au pair and she said that her family..."...I hate feeling like a push over and my spouse and I have had tension around how to handle this. Wanted to calibrate a bit with others.[/quote]

Not, you’re not being a ‘bit generous’ still $250 weekly is way low, like slave salary. My family gives me allowance for take out and pays me cash for weekends. They also enrolled me at MC and bought a small sedan for me to use on the weekends (I drive the car during the week to take DD to activities.)
Got 1k as Christmas bonus and Nordstrom gift card. Thus I’m
Going for a week vacation to Argentina and they paid my airfare. They’re extending my contract for another year.

This employer is class act, unlike most of you!
No shame&you’re welcome

Your AP[/quote]

This is the oldest and most tired debate by a dying visa program. If you think $1000 fun money/stipend a month is slavery, please go to a museum on one of those free weekends you have.

The program dwindles each year because it's simply not cost effective and the government is well aware of the visa overstay rate. While I doubt the self-centered aupair who posted here cares much about the future aupairs who won't be able to get an aupair visa, it's a real concern for families who would like to host for years to come.

in-home childcare may be a luxury, but aupairs are inexperienced and expensive. The luxury of in-home care really isn't a great deal when you realize you are dealing with an inexperienced care provider who wants to be treated better than most college students their age with zero skin in the game. [/quote]

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