Au pairing on Social Media – #happycultureaupair

I want to ask you a question: What do you see, when you look at pictures and videos of current au pairs?
I see a lot of travel pictures, pictures of delicious looking food and cute little selfies of happy people. Most of these posts look just awesome. The au pairs get to travel, eat all this delicious food and they look happy as can be, am I right? A few pictures even have very ‘deep and thoughtful’ quotes added. These posts can make one really jealous and frustrated. I am sure we all once had this ‘I want that too’­ moment.

How to improve your Au pair skills

In a later post I already described 13 important au pair in America topics. (See “Should I become an au pair in the USA?”) Each topic can also be seen as a very useful au pair skill. Some of you maybe really wanna become an au pair, but are just not there yet. Some of you might wonder how to improve their pre­existing expertise. Here are my personal tips on how to improve your practical competencies.

“Should I become an Au pair?” – QUIZ by Julia Zucker

If you are wondering whether you should or should not become an au pair (in the USA), the following quiz might help you to make a decision. Down below I wrote about 13 important au pair topics. Each topic ends with a question. You should either answer with YES or NO. Get a piece of paper and write down your answers. At the end of the quiz you’ll find out whether you should pack your bags or stay home.

Differences between ‘au pairing in the USA’ and ‘au pairing in Europe’

By now the term ‘au pair’ is pretty well known, but then again many people have never heard it before. I would describe it in the following way:

Why I became an Au pair in the first place #1

I grew up in this tiny village in Austria. The region is nice, but I never liked the small town gossip and the fact that everybody knows each other. I wasn’t one of the cool kids.