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In this article you will find tips to help you decide whether to host an au pair to look after your children.

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[h2] What is an au pair? [/h2]
An au pair is a young woman or young man (yes, there are male au pairs too!) from another country who comes to live with you to help you with the children.

In the rest of the article we will use "she" because most au pairs are female.

1. You offer [b]room and board, "pocket money," and often language classes[/b].
2. [b]She takes care of your children every day[/b].

The au pair can pick your children up at school, help them with homework, keep the baby during the day, or do some childcare-related housework (prepare meals, do laundry, make beds).

For the au pair, it is an opportunity to [b]live in a foreign country, get to know the culture of the country, and improve her knowledge of the language[/b].
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In this article you will find tips to help you decide whether to host an au pair to look after your children.

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[h2] What is an au pair? [/h2]
An au pair is a young woman or young man (yes, there are male au pairs too!) from another country who comes to live with you to help you with the children.

In the rest of the article we will use "she" because most au pairs are female.

1. You offer [b]room and board, "pocket money," and often language classes[/b].
2. [b]She takes care of your children every day[/b].

The au pair can pick your children up at school, help them with homework, keep the baby during the day, or do some childcare-related housework (prepare meals, do laundry, make beds).

For the au pair, it is an opportunity to [b]live in a foreign country, get to know the culture of the country, and improve her knowledge of the language[/b].
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In this article you will find tips to help you decide whether to take an au pair to look after your children.

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[h2] What is an au pair? [/h2]
An au pair is a young girl or boy (yes, there are boys too!) from another country who comes to live with you to help you with the children.

In the rest of the article we will always say "she" because it is the most frequent case.

1. You offer [b]bed and board, "pocket money" and often language classes[/b].
2. [b]She takes care of your children everyday[/b].

The au pair can pick up your children at school, help them with homework, keep the baby during the day or do some housework, related to children (prepare meals, do laundry, make beds ... ).

For the au pair, it is the opportunity to [b]live in a foreign country, to know the culture of this country and to improve herfelf in the language[/b].

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