Resiliency is defined as "the capacity to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties; toughness." In 2019, I had the privilege of attending my first WETM-IAC in Luxembourg. At the time, I was new to the au pair industry and operated my agency independently. Upon arriving at the conference, I was struck by the vast number [...]
Every year the International Au Pair Association opens up to Au Pair of the Year nominations. This year, one of our host family's decided to nominate their wonderful au pair. Although she did not win, we wanted to take a moment to shed some light on Nina. Here is what her host family had to [...]
January 2021 Policy Update This is a notice regarding policy updates for 2021. Due to the impact of COVID-19, Adanac Au Pair is not able to place new Au Pairs until at least July 2021. We want to let you know now so you have time to find suitable childcare for your family in the [...]
My Dream Experience as an Au Pair in Canada By: Aline Mory Part 3: Working through a pandemic Even if the corona virus has been changing so much in the world it didn’t change that much in my life as an Au Pair. I mean of course my thoughts changed from "I’ll stay for another [...]
My Dream Experience as an Au Pair in Canada By: Aline Mory Part 2: My relationship to my host family From the very beginning I've felt taken to the heart of my whole host family and I also took them in my heart immediately. But even though I didn't believe it could happen, we definitely [...]
My Dream Experience as an Au Pair in Canada By: Aline Mory Part 1: The words “I will always remember you” and a cute hug of your host kid are probably the dream for every Au Pair at the end of their time abroad –at least it was a dream for me which I'll always remember. [...]
