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.

INDIANAPOLIS — Finding safe, reliable child care is a must for working parents. In 2022, the median child care prices for one child ranged from $6,552 to $15,600, depending on provider type, ...

In 2016, Isis Mabel, of Mexico, wanted to improve her English. On advice from an aunt, she enrolled with an au pair agency to come to the United States to live with a family and care for the children.

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 ...

When Melanie Rosen and her husband sat down to consider childcare options for their two children — then aged 1 and 3 — as she prepared to return to work full-time, the situation at first looked bleak.

Maria Jose Vence said she looks back fondly on her experience as an au pair, when she worked 40 hours a week as a child care provider for a chance to experience life in the U.S. The 25-year-old from ...

Davis and Glen Griffin, their three kids and their former au pair Myra. — Courtesy of David Griffin (NEW YORK) — Davis and Glen Griffin of Houston, Texas, say having a live-in au pair to care for ...

Kristen Kitchen, left, and Wendy Pérez, right, taking care of Kitchen’s three young children in her Northampton home. Pérez came to the United States through the federal au pair program to learn ...

COLORADO (KOAA) — As au pairs help many military families tackle the childcare challenges they face, the Trump administration has paused new J-1 visa appointments, which affects those cultural ...

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