Real Stories

Au Pair in America host mothers help bring the world together by opening their homes to au pairs from around the world. Although they deserve year-round recognition for all that…

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…

So many au pairs took the time to share their New Year’s resolutions with us. Common themes included plans to travel, treasure every moment with their host families, make memories…

Jelva, an au pair from Germany, shares this recollection of her first Christmas season in the United States. She lived with a host family in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois,…

Claire, an au pair from South Africa, recently shared her story about experiencing Easter in the U.S. but missing holiday traditions back home. So what did she do? Take part of…

Community Counselor Cindy recently asked her families and au pairs to share what they were thankful for this Thanksgiving. Not surprisingly, it was all about family: Giving Thanks was last…