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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former poster, former au pair
I don’t understand why you all call it a play date? Cousin is staying for 2 weeks, day and night, not just for 2 hours on one day! It’s obviously NOT a play date! All it is is cousins mom wanting to save big money for not hiring an after camp nanny for 2 weeks, and OP helping her. It’s not fair to the am pair to invite other kids and expect her to take care of them!
I’d check with LCC and if an pair will do it, pay her extra bonus or have cousins mom pay her for extra weeks of work. [/quote]

AP is not taking care of the cousin for 24/day for 2 weeks.

OP stated that AP is scheduled for 15 hours/week. That's about 3 hours a day (assuming 5 days Mon-Fri). So, yes, it is like having a daily weekday playdate for two weeks for an extra 8 year old that AP has ALREADY interacted with, so it's not a strange kid being dumped off.

AP was fine with it, before talking with the friend. AP also only has a few months left. So, OP could offer more money (knowing it may or may not be strictly legal) or ask LCC (honestly, they probably won't care).  [/quote]

You’re not very smart 
The cousin will live there for 24 hours 7 days for two weeks. So she will see him all day long 
And no, I don’t consider watching somebody for 15 hours a week a play date 
So people stop calling it a play date [/quote]

So, by this reasoning, I can reject AP’s requests to have visitors stay with us because they’ll be here 24/7 instead of the reality of going out sightseeing most of the day, maybe having dinner with us, and sleeping here.

The cousin’s visit only affects the few hours AP is being asked to work, not the entire time. In fact, AP is getting drastically LESS hours because the cousin is coming and the kids will be in camp.

But sure, whine about the price of getting extra free time because it’s not your responsibility....[/quote]

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