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Norwalk, CT - Host Family at a Glance
30-something family, primarily American, living in United States. Family speaks English, and Mandarin. Looking for a female or male Au Pair. Our aupair will not need to have a driver's license. Light housekeeping is required, and we will not accept an aupair that smokes.
Customer Since 08/26/2008	Last Activity 11/08/2008	Profile added to 14 Hot Lists in last 30 days	Auto-Responses 50 Due
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City	Norwalk
State/Province	CT
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Country	United States

Family Preferences and Availability
Seeking to hire	Au Pair
Prefers an Au Pair gender of	No Preference
Au Pair must be able to speak	Mandarin
Prefers an Au Pair in the age range	No Preference
Prefers an Au Pair 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	40 to 45 hours/week
We require the Au Pair to live in/out	Live In
A car is available for Au Pair's use	Yes
We expect to pay a weekly salary in the range	Negotiable
Light housework required of Au Pair	Yes
Languages spoken by our family	English Mandarin
Our religion/spiritual practice is	Other
We require care for children under age 2	Yes
Number of children	3
Children's ages	0,2,5
We have children with special needs	No
Elderly care is required	No
Disabled persons care is required	No
We have pets	No
Our family falls in the age group	30-something
Single parent family	No
Au Pair couples accepted	Yes
Earliest starting date Au Pair required	September, 2008
Latest starting date Au Pair required	December, 2008
Shortest period Au Pair is required	12 months
Longest period Au Pair is required	24 months
Family references available upon request	Yes

Au Pair job description

Taking care of three children: after-school care for 5 year old boy, caring for 2-year old boy and an infant. Light housework. The children currently understand and speak Mandarin but would like you to teach them more and play activities with them. They will be enrolled in various activities including karate, swimming, basketball, and soccer.

Family's Message to Au Pairs

My family is comprised of myself, my husband, and two boys aged 2 and 5. We are also expecting a baby this September. Our situation has changed recently so here is our update. I will be home for 3-4 months after the baby is born to take care of the baby and to help you, our new au pair to adjust and get adopted into our family. The 2 year old spends some times during the week with his grandparents in New York. He is potty trained and can feed himself without help. The 5 year old will be in school during most of the day. The two children understands Mandarin and English. If you speak to them in Mandarin they mostly will answer back in English. Generally I can say that our children are not shy and will adopt to you almost immediately if you are a friendly, smiling, and playful. They play well with each other but would prefer that our new au pair interact with them rather than just let them play by themselves. Professionally, my husband and I have successful professional careers. I work in Human Resources and my husband works in Finance. My husband also enjoys being an entrepreneur and has been doing the import/export business from China to the US/Caribbean for a few years now. Family activities include playing in the backyard, going to the park, zoo, museum, and mall. We enjoy playing, reading, doing barbecues, playing video games, watching TV, etc. The boys love all activities including swimming, basketball, soccer, karate, biking, running, and computer games. Our home is a private house on a quiet street with lots of yard space for the children to play. You will have your own private room on the 2nd floor and bathroom shared with the kids. We sleep on the first floor and make use of the second bathroom. There is a playroom for the kids and an entertainment room in the basement. We are a happy clean informal family. We don't smoke. Drinking is done only on a social level. We understand and encourage differences and have open discussions frequently as a family. Major shopping areas are in walking distance. Bus transportation is one block from our home, Metro North train is 5 minutes away. Colleges to attend are 10 minutes away. New York City (Manhattan) is only 45 minutes travelling distance but there are similarly exciting malls, parks, beaches, and other entertainment in walking distance. There is always an extra car for use. Would love to hear from you. Thanks