No Texting While Driving

NEW starting in October: No texting while driving! The fine for the first offense is $100, and then it goes up from there.  If somebody has an accident while texting, the operator will lose the license for 60 days – a “guaranteed” ticket for an au pair to have to go back home.  Here is Read More

Birthday celebration

Aupair Lindia invited the whole cluster over to celebrate with us her birthday. It was awesome to have all aupairs sing the happy birthday song and to see how Thea (one of the children, Lindia takes care of)  helped Lindia to blow out the candles on her cake. The hostfamily did a wonderful job to host Read More

Harvard Tour 2010

    Harvard University  Each month, Au Pair in America offers a regional event to au pairs in the Boston area.  It is another opportunity for our au pairs to connect with others and to learn about American culture.   This month, we offered a free Harvard Tour, led by a Harvard sophomore, Todd.  On Read More

Au Pair and Host Family Picnic

  Pumpkins    a lively exchange  Last Sunday, four Au Pair in America Community Counselors hosted an Au Pair and Host Family Picnic at Honey Pot Hill Orchard in Stow, MA.  This annual event offers au pairs and host families a chance to meet and connect with other families and au pairs in the program Read More

Free First Aid & CPR Training

 In Orientation, au pairs receive basic Red Cross first aid and CPR training.  To build on those skills and ensure that our au pairs are prepared for a variety of possible emergencies, we encourage each au pair to take an 8 hour Red Cross CPR Read More

How to Address an Envelope

This is another common question, since the way people address mail around the world varies.  Here is an image of where to put the information when you are sending mail in the United States. How to Address a Letter from the US Postal Service  Read More

How to Write a Check

This question comes up from time to time and with the tax deadline tomorrow, I thought I would post a link with a great step by step tutorial.  Click on the image of a check below to go to the tutorial on About.com. Remember: Use pen and don’t leave extra blank space where Read More