Cambridge, MA - Host Family at a Glance
30-something family, primarily American, living in United States. Family speaks English, and German. Looking for a female Au Pair or Nanny. Our aupair will need to have a driver's license. Light housekeeping is required, and we will not accept an aupair that smokes.
Customer Since 10/28/2006	Last Activity 05/05/2008	Profile added to 3 Hot Lists in last 30 days	Auto-Responses 10 Due
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City	Cambridge
State/Province	MA
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Country	United States

Family Preferences and Availability
Seeking to hire	Au Pair or Nanny
Prefers an Au Pair or nanny gender of	Female
Au Pair or nanny must be able to speak	German
Prefers an Au Pair or nanny in the age range	18-26
Prefers an Au Pair or nanny of the nationality	No preference
Years of education required	No preference
Years of childcare experience required	No Preference
This position is	Full-time
Required hours of work by Au Pair or nanny	40 to 45 hours/week
We require the Au Pair or nanny to live in/out	Live In
A car is available for Au Pair or nanny's use	Yes
We expect to pay a weekly salary in the range	$201 - $300
Light housework required of Au Pair or nanny	Yes
Languages spoken by our family	English German
Our religion/spiritual practice is	Roman Catholic
We require care for children under age 2	Yes
Number of children	4
Children's ages	6, 4, 2, 0
We have children with special needs	No
Elderly care is required	No
Disabled persons care is required	No
We have pets	Yes
Our family falls in the age group	30-something
Single parent family	No
Au Pair couples accepted	No
Earliest starting date Au Pair or nanny required	April, 2008
Latest starting date Au Pair or nanny required	April, 2008
Shortest period Au Pair or nanny is required	5 months
Longest period Au Pair or nanny is required	24 months
Family references available upon request	Yes

Au Pair/Nanny job description

Mainly helping out with or taking care of the children, which means making meals for them, playing with them, taking them for walks, museums etc. Light housework, like doing the children's laundry, tidying up toys, cleaning up after meals, driving children to activities, helping with grocery shopping and cooking.

Family's Message to Au Pairs and Nannies

Dear Au Pair, We are a family of six (seven, if you count our little fluffy dog "Muzzy") with four boys (6, 4, 2, and 3 months). They are typical boys! Luckily they also enjoy arts and crafts and being read to, which makes the house a little quieter now and then. With their high level of energy it is not always easy to instill good manners, but my husband and I believe that that is essential nevertheless. We try to bring up our boys to be polite, disciplined and kind. Besides giving them a lot of attention and love in the home, we believe that a Christian faith is ultimately the most important thing we can give them. Culturally, we are a mixed household. I myself grew up in Germany (Hamburg) and Copenhagen and came to the US to attend Harvard University twelve years ago (I received my PhD in history in '02). My husband is American and has lived all over the country. Our "default language" at home is English, because my husband doesn't know any German. However, I speak mostly German with my children in the hope that they will become fluent in that language as well. We are currently living in Florida, but will be moving back to the Boston area (probably Dover) at the end of this month. I am at home with the children but need a nanny to "divide and conquer." I like keeping my children active both indoors and outdoors. They love playing outside in the yard, visiting the aquarium and the zoo, and going on daytrips to a farm or the woods. We have a lot of fun together! You would help with tidying up the toys, feeding the children, keeping the children’s rooms organized and doing the children’s laundry. I would also like you to help with grocery shopping and cooking. Your schedule would vary, depending on whether it’s a school day or not. Christine (Tina)