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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Totally agree.  The LCC knows it would kill the program
To take that position.

I disagree that driving an older child (over 5) to practice and dropping him/her off and any other carpool is “babysitting.”  Or caring for another child.

So this premise is totally wrong.

And as someone said, au pairs are covered by your driving insurance. So god forbid anything happens, you and her are covered. As is the other child.

By Felicia. [/quote]

If the AP is the only adult in the car - yes, babysitting.
If the AP is not the only adult in the car, not babysitting.

It’s not that deep... [/quote]

I love how people think they can just interpret rules and if they happen to "disagree" means it's okay.  [/quote]

Oh god you are fatuous. Have ever used your mailbox or someone else's mailbox for something not delivered by the USPS? Have you ever removed a tag that says "do not remove"? Have you ever made a mix tape or copied something you didn't own IP for? Have you ever sung Happy Birthday in public without first obtaining copyright permission? (Seriously!) If you have connected to an unsecured wifi network without reading and understanding the fine print you may well have violated CFAA act. Have you ever touched your cell phone while driving? Did you update the DMV within 5 days of your move to DC? Does your dog have a license? Have you jaywalked? [/quote]

Whether people do this or not still doesn't mean it's okay to do.

I am not the PP you are answering to but it was exactly her point, I think.

Your argument is: everyone break the law sometimes therefore I should be able to break the law too, whenever I see fit.

It's the same logic my 3yo uses when arguing why the baby can do stuff she doesn't get to get away with.

It's not because a lot of people do something bad that it becomes okay to do it.  The fact that you gauge a rule is less important and is okay to break doesn't make it true nor factual, nor okay.

But I hope host parents who are okay with breaking their AP's visa regulations, show the same understanding to APs who break their family rules.

I find it quite mind-blowing that adults still need to be taught that ''it's not because people do bad things that they should jump on the bandwagon and do them too'' You would think most people would have learned that during their childhood or teenage years. Guess not.[/quote]

I don't think you've read the thread closely or really thought about this situation. It's not clear that allowing a host child to have playdates does violate the rule. Multiple posters state that they have shared their family's practices in this regard in their matching profiles/with their agencies, and the agencies have not found them to be in violation of the rule. The rule is presumably NOT designed to prevent playdates but to prevent people from doing dumb stuff like trying to do au pair shares with friends and neighbors. Furthermore the au pairs have matched with these families knowing that this is their policy.

Seems like this is really not your problem, but a question for the families, the agencies, and the au pairs. So I'd say MYOB and let's move on.

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You seem to be the one who didn’t read the thread nor the title of the thread.

The thread isn’t about playdates, nobody has said playdates (assuming playdates are supervised properly and within the rules) are illegal we are talking about carpooling here. [/quote]

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