{"id":2891,"date":"2015-02-20T15:28:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T15:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/?p=2891"},"modified":"2015-02-20T15:28:50","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T15:28:50","slug":"host-families-and-au-pairs-form-lasting-bonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2015\/02\/20\/host-families-and-au-pairs-form-lasting-bonds\/","title":{"rendered":"Host Families and Au Pairs form Lasting Bonds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the wonderful benefits of the Au Pair in America programs is the relationships formed by host families and their au pairs.\u00a0 Au Pairs truly become part of the family.\u00a0 Often they return for visits with their former families.\u00a0 Some families even go and visit their former au pairs in their countries.\u00a0 Recently the\u00a0Diana Melick, a host mom from Setauket, Long Island, New York traveled to Germany with her twin daughters.\u00a0 While there they visited with their former au pair, Helena Gottschalk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/helena-and-melick-kids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2892\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/helena-and-melick-kids.jpg\" alt=\"helena and melick kids\" width=\"958\" height=\"1043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/helena-and-melick-kids.jpg 958w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/helena-and-melick-kids-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/helena-and-melick-kids-941x1024.jpg 941w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/02\/helena-and-melick-kids-624x679.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the wonderful benefits of the Au Pair in America programs is the relationships formed by host families and their au pairs.\u00a0 Au Pairs truly become part of the family.\u00a0 Often they return for visits with their former families.\u00a0 Some families even go and visit their former au pairs in their countries.\u00a0 Recently the\u00a0Diana  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2015\/02\/20\/host-families-and-au-pairs-form-lasting-bonds\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4],"tags":[160,161,219,264,300,304,466,469],"class_list":["post-2891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-au-pair-tips","category-fun-things-we-do","category-host-family-tips","tag-cultural-childcare","tag-cultural-childcare-suffolk-county","tag-global-awareness","tag-international","tag-live-in-childcare-long-island","tag-long-island-au-pair","tag-suffolk-county-au-pairs","tag-suffolk-county-childcare"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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