Finding the perfect au pair is a lot like online dating. At least, that's what I thought when I was a stay-at-home mom trying to fit in part-time work while caring for a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old.

An au pair costs less than most forms of childcare, but making your home a workplace can be difficult. Catherine Cleary meets the parents. You can see them in playgrounds and shopping centres in every ...

FAMILIES ACROSS New Hampshire and around the country are struggling to manage the burden of costly child care alongside other daily expenses. In a recent congressional hearing, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen ...

MOUNTAIN TOP — Drs. Chris and Lisa Holtz knew they had to devise a childcare plan before expanding their family. What they didn’t know was that the plan would include expanding their family even more ...

The Trump administration’s temporary ban on work visas has left thousands of parents, expecting the help of an au pair, searching for child care. TRUMP LIMITS WORK VISAS: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT AFFECTED ...

It started with an email. With an effortless click into an unread message, Neila Santana, a Brazilian au pair, was introduced to a tragic chapter of life for a central Pennsylvania family. When Mary ...

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Rain thumps against the roof of Martina Duechting's car, and the wipers scurry to clear sheets of water from the windshield. These are the only sounds this stormy afternoon in Plymouth as Duechting, a ...

More families are relying for child care on foreign au pairs - the child-care workers who come to the U.S. under a State Department cultural exchange program. Nearly 22,000 au pairs were residing in ...

Denaye Barahona is a parent and child therapist. She hired an au pair for the first time when her kids were 2 and 4 years old. She is especially grateful for the relationships this type of childcare ...