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[quote=Anonymous]HM of seven au pairs, two rematches here.  I think some LCCs will tell families what they want to hear - such as the LCC that says it's the same habitual rematching families skewing their statistics.  It may be true for her cluster, but then why isn't she working harder to get the families out of the program?  Surely she knows other clusters where that isn't the case, or she isn't networking well with other LCCs (also possible).  Why would you ever sign up for an au pair if you think you'll rematch?  They - through whatever formula their company uses - get paid more if they have more families.

Anyway, as the 12 time host mom with 6 rematches says, the agencies do let through women that shouldn't be au pairs.  We had one too, and rematched quickly once it became apparent.  Our second rematch happened once our au pair realized we weren't kidding when we told her while interviewing that our house was smaller than other host families' houses, but we'll include her in everything we do.  She requested rematch to "trade up", a fairly common occurrence.

How does the LCC that says it's mostly repeat rematching families respond to questions about "trade up" rematches initiated by au pairs?  Whether it's to get a nicer house/situation or to get a better schedule (let's face it, we'd all like to be paid a full stipend to chauffeur a couple of 5th and 7th graders to after school activities in the close-in New York suburbs), there are au pairs that take any family that is interested then rematch once they get here.[/quote]

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