An au pair looks like affordable live-in childcare. It is, partly. It's also hosting a young adult from another country in your home for a year — and that second part is what families underestimate.
Tammy Gold, LCSW, spent years matching families with nannies before writing Secrets of the Nanny Whisperer (Penguin). Today she works beside families, and their agencies, as a neutral expert: defining the job, interviewing candidates, checking references and setting up the first 30 days.
Infants under three months with an inexperienced au pair, children with significant medical or behavioral needs, families needing long or unpredictable hours, and households that want a professional nanny's experience at a lower price. An au pair is typically young and new to full-time childcare, and the program is designed around that.
You get flexible, in-home care and a relationship that can be genuinely lovely for your children. You take on homesickness, a learning curve, and the dynamics of another adult living with you. Knowing both going in is what separates good years from rematches.
A Care Map call maps your children's needs and your household against what an au pair can realistically provide, before you commit to a year.
$189
$150 / month
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