Maybe it's time to consider bringing an Au Pair in to your family

Let’s be real. Life is busy! And it ain’t slowing down either. It can be so difficult to keep our jobs on track, stay healthy, keep a home running efficiently and raise little humans - all while feeling like we are about to lose our minds. Have you ever felt like you could use a hand to get some of these things done? Often families look to employing an au-pair for help to balance this lifestyle.

Having an au-pair in your family can have so many benefits.

A recent study shared the 3 main motivations that a young person has to become and au-pair. Firstly, building relationships with families and developing a safe place to work or stay. Secondly, gaining experience with children because they want to work in the field of childcare later. Thirdly, and probably most importantly, ‘because they want to find out what they’re made of’.

These are very good reasons to have the right au-pair in your midst. Their purpose is all about building your family and their own self-improvement.

Our #1 reason to consider an Au-pair:

Bringing an au-pair into your home brings Flexibility. Having someone trustworthy working with and caring for your child can give you more flexibility to complete your day – without the feeling of running around like a headless chicken to get back home only to start the next level of ‘RUSH’.

Our #2 reason:

Competitive cost. If you were to compare the cost of having a transport system to haul your kids around between extra-murals and back home; a tutor to help with schoolwork and studying and a caretaker for those moments when you can’t be there; then you will find that entrusting one person to help with all these – within their framework – will be far more cost effective.

Our #3 reason:

Help when you can’t be in 2 places at once. Au-pairs are great at what they do: They keep your children at ease and give you peace of mind when you need it most. They assist with things like homework & studying support and planning & preparing for school the following day. They aid in instilling and developing interpersonal, social and relationship skills in your child. Au-pairs are great at ensuring activities are set up at home to keep your child stimulated and their bonus gift to you is providing transport assistance and support and helping manage busy household routines for the family.

In this day of barely ‘keeping up with the Jones’s’ - and having 2 parents working full time jobs in most cases - Au-pair options are the next best thing to cloning you. Edu Core Solutions has sourced au-pairs to best suit your family’s needs.