Child-care decisions can weigh heavily on a parent or parent-to-be. After all, you're choosing the people who will stand in for you while you're at work or taking care of other responsibilities. But ...

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.

For working parents seeking reliable, affordable childcare, an au pair can be an attractive option. Here’s how au pairs are paid and how they fit into the broader American childcare economy. An au ...

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 ...

CLERMONT — Anna Vast of Sweden has found a way to make work child’s play, with the added bonus of travel. Vast, an au pair, is helping a Lake County family find a solution to the problem of child care ...

I was nervous about hiring an au pair. I worried it would feel like raising another child. My choice wasn't so hard to make because of the savings in childcare and our move to a bigger home. Our ...

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Underpaid au pairs who have worked in homes across America, taking care of children, often cooking, cleaning, playing chauffeur and providing a range of other duties, will finally receive back pay ...