Au Pair in America Local Community Counselor, serving host families and au pairs in Cambridge, Somerville, Arlington, MA and surrounding towns
Au Pair in America is the nation's first legal au pair program. Since 1986, we have provided the best child care opportunities to host families across the U.S. and au pairs from around the world.
This month we congregated at my house for a breakfast in my backyard. We had a beautiful day with warm temperatures. September is always a big cluster meeting. Many new au pairs have arrived over the summer and everybody is home now after traveling over the summer. It always is a good chance Read More
Homework Hassles Once school begins, children of all ages have homework. Some children complete their homework without any adult help while other children need lots of help. Homework is very important because it helps children practice and strengthen academic skills, teaches time management, initiative, self-reliance, and resourcefulness. Homework also teaches children responsibility, the sense of Read More
We had a lovely afternoon at Nahant Beach last Saturday. The weather was just perfect! Summer is usually a time when a lot of my au pairs are traveling, but we still had a fairly big group. This cluster meeting gave my new arrivals the chance to meet other au pairs from my group. A Read More
For our cluster meeting this month we congregated in my backyard for a barbecue. We had a nice big group of au pairs, lots to eat and many good conversations. Summer is a big change-over time in the au pair world, so for many of my au pairs it was their last meeting and Read More
For our June meeting, we met two other au pair groups at the North Bridge in Concord for a picnic. The weather was beautiful and we enjoyed cookies, fruit, lemonade and a good-bye cake. We said good-bye to Carmen, Linda, Victoria, Julia, Natalie and Sophie who will be returning to their home country over the Read More
Boston area community counselors held their annual host family day last weekend at Gillette stadium in Foxboro. Host families and their au pairs were invited to a tailgating party before the soccer game. We had a beautiful sunny day for it. The annual host family day satisfies the State Department requirement for host families to Read More
Now a beloved, summertime tradition for New England families, Free Friday Flicks are classic & popular, family-oriented movies shown each Friday night throughout the summer at the DCR Hatch Shell on the Esplanade for FREE! People of all ages flock to the banks of the Charles River with their own chairs, blankets and picnics Read More
This month we joined another cluster for a self-defense class with “Not Me” (www.not-me.org) . We gathered at Panera Bread in Lexington. Au pairs learned that healthy boundary setting is the first step toward defending yourself. Presenters Erik, Lisa and Melissa talked about their own experiences with boundary setting and talked au pairs through situations Read More
Many of our au pairs from the greater Boston area participated in our annual May regional event, The Walk for Hunger. Many of them walked the whole course of 20 miles: from Boston through Brookline, Newton, Cambridge and back to Boston. CONGRATULATIONS! And thanks to Boston counselor Heike Kriszun for organizing! The weather was perfect Read More
Early this month I decided to spontaneously add an extra meeting to connect more with my au pairs. The summer is coming and I have to do a lot of year end business with au pairs that are leaving. It was nice to have the extra time to do this. It was also nice for Read More
