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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just something to think about: when you are interviewed by your next family options they will likely ask what went wrong with your first match and what efforts you took to proactively address them before you decided to rematch. Since you have only been with your family a few weeks you might have a difficult time adequately addressing this point. This is the type of immature drama I was referencing above. Your first conversation with your lcc was not about how to address the childcare issued but about rematching.

You just don't sound like the self starting, mature, communicative, independent type that it takes to be successful in this program. [/quote]

Try living abroad in someone's house where you don't feel comfortable, have a kid kick you whenever he can and calling you names, with nowhere else to go but Borders late at night and we'll see how you manage!
I'm only 21 ! It's easy to react the way you do if you are a mom and are used to the au pair world.
I'm trying hard but at some point I loose my motivation.[/quote]

OP, you're very back and forth.  I'm not the poster you quoted, and I have agreed repeatedly that the kid should not be kicking you and that alone would be reason enough to rematch.  Why is it that you only have Borders to go to?  I think some of the posters are just trying to show you that a lot of this is on you to make the best of it.  Yes, you're only 21, but this program is not going to be great for every single 21yo.  I personally would have been miserable at 21 - unable to get out there and meet people and make the best of it.  I think what the poster was trying to say is that in order to be successful and have a great year, you need to be independent and self-starting.  You can't be in a place in your life where you're willing to sit back for a month and complain that the host family isn't doing enough.  They may not be and I do think they don't sound like a great family, but even when you find a great family, you are still going to need to put in a lot of effort on your own to be happy.[/quote]

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