A good match is only half of it. The other half is what you have in place when she arrives — the house rules in writing, the schedule she can actually see, the car conversation held before the first drive, not after the first misunderstanding.
That's why I wrote the Au Pair Handbook: the complete host family playbook my household uses, from the first-week schedule to the car agreement you fill in and sign together.
The physical supplies our host-family headquarters runs on are on the Resources page of this site.
What's inside the Handbook
• The first-week schedule
• House rules and expectations, in writing
• The car agreement you fill in and sign together
• Emergency contacts and routines
• The conversations to have before they become problems