AupairClearinghouse.com Great resource for parents for consumer information on au pairs
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Au Pair Clearinghouse
We are an international consumer clearinghouse that shares information with new or current host parents on the au pair industry. We are not an au pair agency - we review agencies and report on: costs; award winning agencies; agencies to avoid; news stories; Top Ten Mistakes and Myths about au pair care and much more. We welcome complaints and testimonials from our users: host parents, counselors and au pairs. Please check us out at www.aupairclearinghouse.com. We have a new blog and we just posted our Top Three Au Pair Agencies.
Our mission is to assist parents to find excellent agencies who provide excellent au pairs. Au Pair Care in the USA has been highly popular (for its low costs) and highly controversial (for documented cases of child abuse and infant deaths caused by au pairs). Parents need to do their homework before they hire a young girl to care for their children (au pairs are typically from the ages of 18-25). We are the only consumer information clearinghouse for the au pair industry.
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English
We provide information on childcare issues and cultural differences when employing an au pair. Old Europe au pairs assimilate better generally into the American culture. Read on our website how cultural differences effect your family. We also provide information about driving (does your au pair drive) in the USA and what to do if you are not happy with your au pair. Au pair agency differences include costs, screening methods (some do criminal background checks and psychometric testing, others do not).
