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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a lot of guilt in sending an au pair home, even if she is the one who initiated it, and even when it clearly was not working out for either of you. Your AP took the initiative to end this match. She doesn’t belong in the program if she’s lying on her application about smoking. You were dragging your feet, knowing what you should do (rematch), but didn’t do it. If you continue with this program, I hope you understand that you need to set and enforce the household rules, especially for the safety and well being of your child.
By sending this AP home, you will have taught her an important lesson about responsibility and honesty, and consequences. [/quote]

How would you recommend setting and enforcing house rules? No -snark, sincerely looking for tips. This was our first au pair. We went over her application forms with her and asked questions. We gave her a handbook before matching and she read it and said she didn't have questions. Went back over it, and there were other things that she didn't always comply with, but we didn't call her out for. We interviewed her in her native language and in English. We went over the handbook  in her native language and in English. [/quote]

Some families have their APs sign important parts of the handbook so they can't later say they didn't read it.  We have a line in our handbook saying that while we understand the Ap will make lots of mistakes, there are things that would result in immediate rematch, including smoking. [/quote]

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