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Mexican au pair Sofia, who lives with her host family in Massachusetts, recently visited a preschool classroom to share her culture with twelve 3- and 4-year-olds to promote cross-cultural communication…

Host families who bring an au pair into their home are not only gaining invaluable, cultural, and flexible child care, but also providing an opportunity for a young person to…

Contributed by Diane Wallace, Senior Community Counselor and Senior Field Representative for Au Pair in America.  On Saturday, May 5, au pairs from all over the world joined with Au…

We recently invited our au pairs to tell us why they love their host mothers, and the response was overwhelming! Many au pairs wrote back with lovely, touching testimonials to…

What is it really like when an au pair first arrives in the U.S. and joins her host family? One of our families in New Jersey recently shared the experience…

What happens once I apply online to the Au Pair in America program? In order to walk you through the next steps in the process of hosting an au pair,…

Kärt, an Estonian au pair living with her host family in Fremont, California, recently visited an elementary school to share her culture with the students as part of a presentation…

German Au Pair Derya, who lives with her host family in the Seattle area, recently visited a pre-school classroom to teach the children about her home country as part of…

Host mother Amy from Chicago recently shared with us the touching story of her whirlwind journey from new mom to au pair host mother. When she and her husband received…

When families choose to host an au pair with Au Pair in America, they are often surprised by the degree to which their au pair becomes a real member of…