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Re:Homeless, living in a tent and employed: The changing fac... by ip26 on Saturday March 23, 2019 @06:29PM (#19472686)
Considering what childcare costs, room & board sounds like a heck of a deal. As a parent, it actually doesn't sound like a bad arrangement.
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Re:Homeless, living in a tent and employed: The changing fac... by jdietrich on Saturday March 23, 2019 @08:59PM (#19473360)
It's a common arrangement for upper-middle-class families in much of Europe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_pair

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Re:Homeless, living in a tent and employed: The changing fac... by DuskStar on Saturday March 23, 2019 @09:35PM (#19473538)
Happened in the Midwest, too. Though my parents may have just been a tiny bit weird...
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Re:Homeless, living in a tent and employed: The changing fac... by simonsarris on Saturday March 23, 2019 @07:56PM (#19473029)
Well the idea of an au pair never ever went away. A friend went to do this in Paris. There are lots of sites for arranging one.
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