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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It also sounds like she may be going through culture shock and is retreating to her bedroom so she can talk with her family and friends from home. Def get your LCC involved asap. That's your LCC"s job and she would want to know sooner rather than later[/quote]

Thanks so much for this advice. Our family is also going through a bit of a shock because it's been such a change to have someone we don't know in our home!
Any idea how long it might take her to improve her English? She's smart, and she's trying, but I think that's a big part of the challenge.

She can't drive, but then she also can't really communicate with my kids who are 8 and 10. My daughter likes to hang with her a bit but then gets frustrated because they don't understand each other. [/quote]

This sounds miserable for everyone involved.  Doesn’t she ever leave the house with the kids?  Speaking as someone who has had a non-driving au pair for the last two years (but we live inside DC proper), you’ve go to come up with a plan for her to easily go places, and in the suburbs that means driving or maybe you could give her credits for an Uber.  Also, all our European au pairs have been good drivers, and drove when they just had the IL.  Our South America au pairs, not so much (but as I said not relevant in our case).[/quote]

Yes she leaves the house with the kids and our nanny. Or with me on the wekends. 
We have bikes and there have been some warm days when she could have taken a bike ride but she chose not to. [/quote]

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