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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't believe the program is all it's cracked up to be.[/quote]

Says who based on what?  That's not what I've heard from au pairs.  So many of them sign up because their friend or sister did it and raved about it.  [/quote]
When was the last time you thought it was a super idea for your young single daughter to cross the ocean to work behind the closed doors of a family who never even got a basic background check?  And has no State Department hotline to call in case of emergency.

This is outrageous, imo, and symptomatic of the booming slave trade. No one seems to have any data on the outcome of these arrangements. Why isn't every one of these young people being asked if they felt safe in the houses where they were sent?

If I were you, I'd be demanding basic due dilegence.
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Oh lord, you're that poster.   Au pairs are not "sent" anywhere and the use of the word "slave" in regard to this voluntary, regulated, paid program is absurd and offensive.[/quote]
The absence of due dilegence is absurd and offensive.[/quote]

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