You’re not going to be in the Christmas card
You’re not going to be in the Christmas card and you know what? That’s totally okay. Around this time of the year, numerous au pairs ask each other if they are part of the...
Fun Fall activities everyone can do
Summer is over and Fall is here. Kids might be back in school or still at home doing remote learning. The weather is sometimes nice and sometimes not so nice. Are you looking for...
What it really means to be an au pair
When you are still in your home country, thinking about signing up as an au pair, you can’t even begin to imagine what being an au pair is actually like. Some agencies, like mine,...
Extending: new family or same family?
Deciding to extend is already a big decision you had to make. The next important question you have to ask yourself is, do you want to extend with a new family or with the...
Reverse culture shock: going home during covid-19
My two years as an au pair ended mid July 2020. I have had two amazing years on the east coast and the west coast but it was time for me to go back...
Why I decided to extend during COVID-19
When I first left home to become an au pair, I thought that I would only do it for one year, which is already really long. The longer I stayed here though, the more...
Online classes: education during COVID-19
Part of the au pair experience can be to meet a specific educational requirement. Because of the whole COVID-19 situation, it seems impossible to meet those requirements. Colleges are closed and traveling is also...
A handy guide to ship luggage home
Leaving your host family can bring a bit of stress with packing. Whether it is because your year is ending or because you go into rematch. You might have bought a lot of new...
How you can share your native language with your host kids
Part of being an au pair is that your native language isn’t English (unless you come fromSouth Africa or England). Maybe, part of the reason why you came to America was toimprove your English...
Host an online trivia night!
Let’s be honest: this quarantine has been going on for long enough. We, as I can speak for a lot of us, can’t see any of our friends at the moment. We are stuck...