We have just made an offer to our first au pair ever (well, our second - the first one decided not to show up and didn't bother telling us...). She is Slovak and has just been an au pair in Paris for a year. She seems lovely and is already in the UK, so I've been able to meet her in person.
She speaks great French but very poor English. I'm concerned that we may be making our own lives difficult, and my very chatty 3 1/2 year old's life frustrating/boring, because she won't be able to communicate. I can speak to her in French, but my son doesn't speak it at all. We'll have a new baby in November that she'll be helping with too, and I don't think the language matters so much for that, but I'm a bit worried about day-to-day life and my son's language skills.
Any words of wisdom from those of you who've been through this? I should say we have been looking for an au pair or part-time nanny for some time, and this person seemed like the nicest by far (at least the nicest who also met our other general requirements - language aside) - otherwise I wouldn't consider her.
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Au Pair w/poor English - bad idea?
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MizZan · 08/08/2005 11:53
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