An online guide for au pairs with tips, tricks and ideas to help navigate working for a family. Need a recipe? Don’t know how to iron a shirt? Would you like to clean more efficiently? Want some ideas for games to play with the children on a rainy Saturday? You’ve come to the right place…
Denmark has very strict and clear rules about what an au pair is and is not expected to do. In contrast to the American system where it seems an au pair is largely only really expected to take care of the children and not to do chores around the house, in Europe au pairs are … More What does an au pair do?
Most kids love running around outside or watching TV/playing computer games inside. But what to do if you have to entertain them when neither is a possibility? It’s probably important to emphasise that if the children are tearing the house apart, you may need to really focus your attention just on them, Put away any … More Ideas for a rainy day
The danish packed lunch in a lunch box is one of the rituals almost all households with children in Denmark go through every single morning. Preparing the lunch box “madkasse” is one of those tasks that parents often dread, though possibly emptying the uneaten remnants is even worse. It can be hard to maintain both … More The Healthy Packed Lunch
Watch a craftsman at work - this is exactly how our Grannies taught us to iron a shirt. #lifeskills
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