{"id":434,"date":"2016-10-05T19:32:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T19:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/?p=434"},"modified":"2016-10-05T19:37:48","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T19:37:48","slug":"a-salmons-journey-upstream-an-au-pairs-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2016\/10\/05\/a-salmons-journey-upstream-an-au-pairs-dilemma\/","title":{"rendered":"A Salmon&#8217;s Journey Upstream &#8211; An Au Pair&#8217;s Dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Palatino Linotype,serif;font-size: small\">This past Sunday, au pairs gathered in Issaquah to watch our WA salmon spawn &#8211; another quintessential Seattle experience for these world travelers.\u00a0 We talked with a fish docent to hear about how the salmon is born and returns at the end of their life to the same stream, feeling poetic for a group of young women leaving home for the first time, ready for life&#8217;s adventure away from home.\u00a0 We then crossed a bridge and sat in a patch of grass to discuss homesickness and culture shock.\u00a0 Au pairs also anonymously shared something they needed help with regarding child care- involving discipline, behavior around food, sibling rivalry or potty training.\u00a0 Their fellow au pairs then problem-solved these dilemmas real time, coming up with some solutions to the issue at hand and thereby supporting their fellow APIA community member.\u00a0 And this all in English &#8211; 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