Rules of Conduct for Au Pairs
If you are considering a career as an au pair, it’s best to ensure that you’re fully aware of what to expect and how to behave, before you get involved in the industry.
Safety tips for Drop-offs and Pick-ups
Working as an au pair means that you need to have an extra sense of responsibility at all times as you need to be extra alert when it comes to the safety of the children you are looking after. As an au pair you are already dedicated to keeping your client’s / host family’s safe and as such, precautions must always be taken.
Be Prepared – How to equip yourself for au pairing emergencies
As au pair’s, when being placed with a family, many of us have fleeting worries about hospital visits caused by tightly wrapped karate belts and forced running, only to result in a cut open head and a very teary hospital visit with a terrified au pair trying to keep it together.
15 Travel Games for Surviving Long Trips with Kids
It’s holiday time and you’re gearing up for a long road trip with the kids. Like most parents, the stress and panic will be setting in as you contemplate how you will keep them entertained for the duration of the trip.
Children and allowances
We lead busy modern lives , and you’ve taken the step of getting an au pair to ensure everything runs like a well-oiled machine. You afford the good stuff for your family, and you’re mindful of the quality of care your child is receiving while you work.
Know when to say no – planning extra mural activities for your children
In this day and age it’s easy for both parents and children to have busy lifestyles. In fact, in some cases, all members of the family often find themselves overloaded with responsibilities and things to do.
Choosing Extra Mural Activities for Your Kids
Choosing extra mural activities for your kids is about far more than just finding them something to do after school hours, especially if you have an au pair helping out. Extra murals are however still vitally important.
How To Overcome New Family Challenges As An Au Pair
It’s only natural to have a few concerns when you are about to start working for as an au pair for a new family. Challenges of all shapes and sizes are bound to crop up and what defines you as a professional au pair, is not the challenges themselves, but how you handle them.
Activities for all developmental stages of children
Au Pair Extraordinaire is an au pair agency in Gauteng that puts considerable value in providing informed support to all of its clients – both au pairs and parents / families. For families and au pairs, it’s all about working as a team.
What it’s like having an au pair…
Having a career and raising a family can be difficult to juggle at the best of times. If you are a busy parent and need a helping hand, chances are that you have considered hiring an au pair or a nanny.
Navigating a new school year with the help of your au pair
Parents are faced with a great deal of anxiety and responsibility at the start of a new school year. If you are making use of an au pair to care for your child this year, there are a few things that you can do to ensure that the year is easily navigated by your au pair, your child and of course yourself.
The difference between a live-in nanny and an au pair
When trying to decide which childcare approach best suits your family; you are bound to feel overwhelmed and even a little confused with the options.
Why do Au Pairs want to become Au Pairs?
Au pairs can be found working in all corners of the globe and one thing that’s synonymous with au pairing is ‘life experience’. Of course au pairing isn’t always about travelling abroad.
Is having an au pair cheaper or more expensive than other childcare options?
Let’s face it; the idea of sending your child to day care or after-school care facilities on a daily basis isn’t an exciting concept. Here your child will be provided with care and kept safe, but in such large group settings.
What Happens When You Experience Issues / Problems With Your Au Pair?
Selecting an au pair in Johannesburg to live and work with your family can be a difficult task. In some instances, an au pair might look perfect on paper, yet in reality it just doesn’t work for one or both of you.
How much flexibility can I expect from an au pair?
A great deal of care must be taken when choosing the right au pair for your family. While being an au pair is a job, the chosen candidate should be willing to become part of the family.
Au Pairs Leaving Families
It is that time of year where we all scramble to tie up loose ends and finalize all outstanding obligations to ensure that we have a peaceful and relaxing holiday.
How To Select The Right Au Pair Company In Johannesburg For Your Family
Choosing an Au Pair agency in Johannesburg can be tough. Most families work with just one agency and never really shop around.
The Difference Between an Au Pair and a Babysitter
A babysitter is someone who you employ for ad hoc childcare services. This will usually be in the evenings or on the weekends.
The 5 types of Au Pairs in South Africa
The definition of an au pair is ‘a young foreign person, typically a woman, who helps with housework or childcare in exchange for food, a room, and some pocket money’, but here in sunny South Africa we make our own rules.