Find helpful information as a Host Family

  • How to help an Au Pair adapt in your Host Family

    How to help an Au Pair adapt in your Host Family

    You have chosen your Au Pair – congratulations! All the details are discussed and the new family member’s arrival is at hand. How to help an Au Pair adapt in a new place and circumstances as a Host Family? We prepared some useful tips for you! Prepare a Welcome Present Who doesn’t like gifts? It’s…

  • How to find your future AuPair?

    How to find your future AuPair?

    Many of you might wonder: what is the best way to find a suitable Au Pair? There is no general answer to this since the reply depends on your current situation! If you are busy with your schedule, work full-time, are a single parent or have no support system – then hiring a full-service agency…

  • Different countries, different parenting style – Did my Au Pair go too far?

    Different countries, different parenting style – Did my Au Pair go too far?

    As a Host Family you enjoy the freedom of choosing an Au Pair from a whole different part of the world. At the same time this means someone with a different cultural background and other moral values is going to be part of your family. In many cases a Host Family is not aware in…

  • What to do if you forget to pay your Au Pair

    What to do if you forget to pay your Au Pair

    Being a Host Family for an Au Pair is an amazing opportunity for intercultural exchange and gaining a new family member. The Au Par lives in your house and spends a lot of time with you and your children. Of course, you should never take an Au Pair for granted. Taking care of your children is…

  • Summer Au Pair In Europe – The Child Care Solution For The Holidays

    Summer Au Pair In Europe – The Child Care Solution For The Holidays

    The Easter holidays are over and summer is (unfortunately) not yet very close. Nevertheless, as a family with children, you should already think about how to organize the holiday season. The long summer holidays always entail a few weeks without regular child care. The days you can take off from work are limited and the grandparents…

  • Hosting An Au Pair: Teaching Multiculturalism To Your Children

    Hosting An Au Pair: Teaching Multiculturalism To Your Children

    The Au Pair program is meant to help the Au Pair learn a language while you as a host family have someone at home who helps you with the kids. But having an Au Pair is also a great opportunity to raise your children in a multicultural environment. In this post, we are going to pinpoint…

  • Living Together With An Au Pair: 5 Tips

    Living Together With An Au Pair: 5 Tips

    Communication is important in general, but when talking about au pairs, it is even more. An au pair is a person who will spend several months in your house, so a key factor in order to have a successful communal living is communication with the au pair. In this post we are going to give…

  • 5 Aspects You And Your Au Pair Should Discuss

    5 Aspects You And Your Au Pair Should Discuss

    When a host family and an au pair decide on each other, it’s all about the big, important topics: sympathy, experiences, time periods, tasks, visa etc. Then one will take care of further details, such as the specific travel planning or the preparation of the au pair room. Frequently, in the midst of all the excitement…

  • Say Something – What To Do If The New Au Pair Is Too Quiet

    Say Something – What To Do If The New Au Pair Is Too Quiet

    For many young people being an au pair is a totally new situation. They are in a new environment, surrounded by people they don’t know in a country they have never been to before. Some are very open and extrovert. They don’t have a problem with unknown situations and people. They meet someone and start…

  • Host Child With Psychological Challenges

    Host Child With Psychological Challenges

    Nowadays even kids are being confronted with psychological problems and the parents but especially the kid itself have to deal with this situation somehow. Every host family that has a child with special needs has to find an au pair that can take on this challenge. The au pair has to be qualified, needs to…

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