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Happy LCC Appreciation Week!

Well, this is a first!  I never saw any agency celebrate their counselors/lccs before with an Appreciation Week.  Cultural Care has one this week, so please, if you appreciate your LCC and think she (or he) is doing a great job, let the au pair community know all about it! 

Happy LCC Appreciation Week!

Colleges that Offer Audit Courses for Au Pairs

College Student

Well, it is getting close to that time of year - school terms begin soon!  Your newly arrived au pair is probably looking at colleges or universities close by and choosing her course for the fall semester, 2010. 

Upgraded Website Resources with Over 1000+ Pages in less than 2 Years!

Dear readers,

I am so happy to be here after almost 2 years (we started AuPairClearinghouse.com in late 2008).  With over 1000+ pages of helpful tips, articles, reviews and ratings, we are close to our goal of providing the very best consumer information to parents looking for good, safe and reliable childcare.

Chinese Au Pairs and American Dogs

Hi!  We received a great question today and since we have been discussing au pairs from China, I thought it was very apt:

"Edina, we are considering a Chinese au pair for two reasons, one, we adopted from China and two, now that our child is starting to talk, I thought this would be a good time to introduce her to Mandarin.  However, I have two Golden Retrievers and I know the Chinese do not really keep pets and that they are not used to large dogs.  Will this be a major stumbling block for our family?"

Send Your Child to China as an Au Pair!?

China!  It is exploding day by day and dominating the world's economy.  How is their growth affecting the au pair industry?  In 2004, Au Pair in America, the first au pair agency to consider China as a potential source of foreign applicants, recruited their first Chinese au pair!  Since then, they have hosted over 1000 Chinese au pairs.

Would You Hire A Male Au Pair?

We received the following email question this morning:

New Updated Website!

Hi all! I am so pleased with our updated website - we hope you like it too! Still tweaking, so please be patient with any broken links, pages not found, etc.!

Thank you!

Edina

Top 5 Reasons to Use Legally Sanctioned Au Pair Agencies!

If you use one of the many "non-legal"* au pair agencies online (and there are quite a few out there), you can find a good, reliable au pair, and yes, you can avoid the agency fees (ranging from $6,000 - $8,000 depending on the particular agency)!

So, why would any parent choose to pay extra to host an au pair through one of the American au pair agencies that report to the U.S. Dept. Of State?

Interview with Nancy Felix, author of Oh My, Au Pair!

Hi Readers, I have a real treat for you!

I just posted my interview with Nancy Felix, a veteran host mom of over 14 years.  It was a delight to interview her and she knows quite a bit about hosting au pairs! 

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