Story time | My untold Au Pair Rematch #2 

I'm sorry that you went through this. I hate the bad apple host families because they give the program a bad name. My advice for other au pairs is to ask lots of questions and if possible talk to their current au pair. Make sure it feels right!

OMG! I'm brasilian, i am not in the au pair process yet, but hearing those stories proves again that the choose family process is freaking more important than the city i dream to live! thank you for sharing your story! you've been through such a hard time!!!! 😨 we can see in your eyes that you r a sweet and a good peason! luckily you found a good family! please tell us your happy ending with the new family! bye 😃

That's awful :-( I'm just sad for those who are too afraid to speak up. Awesome that you did though!

Honestly it sounds like the mum was a little attimidated (bad speller) by the fathet. He sounds like a dominator honestly i feel bad for his wife and kids

hey Ellen! I loved your video! I'm from Peru (South America) and I'm planning to go to the U.S. as an au pair and I'm so scared about meeting the same family you were with! so once I have the name of the family I'm gonna ask you! hahaha

I'd love to get in contact with you to talk more about this.

My story is so similar to yours. I have been back home less than a year now and I'm still not over what happened. I also went into rematch after my first family. Things with the second family didn't go well at all and it was Cultural Care who decided my living conditions with the second family was unsafe. After the second family I had had enough and decided to come home. The only time I could breathe easy in those 8 months I was in the States was when I was on the flight from JFK back to South Africa. Thankfully the second family was walked off the program by cultural care and well for the first family I was their 4th au pair in 2 years.

Sounds like the mum was being intimidated and handled by her husband.

I love your tips. This is what I say for the girls. "It must be a great experience, don`t let a crazy family destroy it". BTW, great video, I am happy that you got a better family

Hej Ellen! Blir så himla rörd utav din berättelse. Jag var själv Au Pair i 1 och 1/2 år och började hos en fantastisk familj för att sedan leva min egna värsta mardröm i sju månader efter mitt första år... Tycker du är helt fantastisk och det är så underbart att veta att du kunde ta dig ur situationen och få uppleva ett bra år med en bra familj! Måste också säga att du har inspirerat mig att själv börja göra videor! Jag har länge tänkt på det, och speciellt att prata om min upplevelse och efter att ha tittat på dina videos så känner jag att det är dags! Så tack så himla himla mycket! Massa styrke kramar!:)

very sweet

Wow what an experience you had there...whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger!

Wow. How heartbreaking! Thank you for sharing your story!!!!

Wow. your story is crazy. So happy for you that you found a better family though! Sounds like you also had an amazing LCC! I got back from the US a month ago as I didn't get another family through rematch. My LCC wasn't too great either, she was good friends with my host mom which didn't work well for me

I can remember this though time you've been going through, like it was yesterday. And we all felt sad for you, because you were going to leave us scarsdale girls, But same time happy that you finally got the chance to leave this shitty hostfamily and start over again in a mich better hostfam. Greeting and tons of hugs to Sweden!😘🍀

Sorry your experience was so awful, I can't imagine living through that, but I also feel bad for the mother and children cause the father sounds very closed off and like he gets some sort of sick pleasure from controlling ppl and being very dominant. Glad that you were able to find a better family and thankfully you were able to leave as soon as you were and not the two weeks later. Good story and advice

Hi, you are really a good story teller. You should do it as a job. :)) love from czech republic

so an au pair is like a foreign nanny/housekeeper for other foreign families to give you an opportunity to travel to different countries?

I'll tell you all about my similar experience in my letter

Hello :) In what state are you living?

Jag håller på med min ansökan som Au pair med culture care. Tycker du jag ska byta eller hålla kvar vid dom? Blir rädd när du berättar denna historia.

heej! vad hände sen vid rematch? Var det svårt att hitta en ny familj? kram