Our au pair has been with us for 6 weeks and I am finding it a real struggle to have someone around and in my house.  She sits in the lounge with us every night, even whilst using and talking on her laptop.  She watches me constantly when I am doing things and seems to get annoyed when I am reading and not talking to her.  I leave notes which she ignores etc etc - I wis<-- Read more -->

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I've been working for my host family for over 7 weeks now, they have been so lovely to me and have tried to help me settle in as much as possible. However, I'm finding it very difficult to settle in, there are no other au pairs in the surrounding area. (I have tried every website!) I don't think this job is for me.<-- Read more -->

Hello! My name is Casey, I'm from Australia and am considering becoming an Au Pair in America but I've heard so many bad stories from friends that I only want to do this if I'm confident that I'm going to be placed with a genuinely nice family, I would love some help with how I can assure good potential families that I am would be good for them.<-- Read more -->