A Guide in Celebrating Thanksgiving with Your Au Pair

Thanksgiving is around the corner! We thought we would give you a step-by-step guide of how to celebrate Thanksgiving with your Au Pair. Step 1: Explain What Thanksgiving Is For most of us, Thanksgiving is a time to enjoy the changing colours, eat a weird amount of food and take an afternoon naps. Although all [...]

A Guide in Celebrating Thanksgiving with Your Au Pair2021-12-09T08:36:27-05:00

Is Your Au Pair Feeling Tired This Winter?

We did it! We made it through the shortest days of the year, an arctic vortex (for all except the lucky West coasters) and we finally have another holiday coming up. Even though it is like this every winter, we are still surprised when our energy levels are low. Since this is your Au Pair's [...]

Is Your Au Pair Feeling Tired This Winter?2021-12-09T08:36:28-05:00

How an Au Pair Can Help With Your New Year’s Resolution

New year, new you! Well, at least that’s what I told myself just over a week ago. Now that we are in the second week of January, New Year’s Resolutions are starting to become a pain instead of a refreshing awakening. It’s time to bring in reinforcements. Mine is a cross stitch I created of [...]

How an Au Pair Can Help With Your New Year’s Resolution2021-12-09T08:39:04-05:00

Top 7 Way to Deal with Your Au Pair’s Homesickness During Holidays

Between holiday prep, party and post-celebration naps, your Au Pair’s emotions about the holidays may get lost somewhere between the first day of advent and New Year’s Eve. Part of the reason your Au Pair came to Canada was to live the life of a Canadian. That means learning how to manoeuvre around Costco without [...]

Top 7 Way to Deal with Your Au Pair’s Homesickness During Holidays2021-12-09T08:39:05-05:00

Scrambling Parents in Toronto Can Hire an Au Pair as Alternative to Ministry of Education Care Centres

Recently, an article was released in the Globe and Mail about an after-school care centre being forced to close down for two days out of five because the Ministry of Education found non-compliances in their program. This is caused many parents to scramble to find care for their children. Within the past two years, the [...]

Scrambling Parents in Toronto Can Hire an Au Pair as Alternative to Ministry of Education Care Centres2021-12-09T08:39:05-05:00

Au Pair’s Expectations of Their Host Family in Canada

An Au Pair (AP) comes to Canada to live-in because they have an interest in childcare AND they want to learn the Canadian way of living. In order to do that, they have certain expectations of their host family to make their experience in Canada special and rewarding. Here are some of those expectations: Show [...]

Au Pair’s Expectations of Their Host Family in Canada2021-12-09T08:39:05-05:00

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