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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’ve left the program, but we have an aupair credit card that is tied to a checking account. We added $500/mo and that covered whatever extra she wanted in terms of food and her gas. She did drive the kids, but it was always locally and the gas usage was marginal.  All of our APs seemed happy with this arrangement. They were able to shop for all their won “special food” or just eat what we had at home and use the extra money for more flexibility in social activities.[/quote]

That is beyond generous. I cover everything my AP needs (gas, household items, phone bill, multiple streaming and music subscriptions, additional groceries she adds on the shopping list for herself) so she doesn't have to pay anything out of her pocket for living. She can and should use her stipend on the extras she wants. I rather give a nice big bonus to an outstanding unicorn AP than making it part of the perk package. It is easy to offer more down the road based on the performance. [/quote]

No, it isn’t call beyond generous, it’s called having a Host family with common sense; life is expensive and so is food and childcare. Having an AP is the cheapest route for childcare so at least the family treated the AP right unlike others….cheap AF families[/quote]

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