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Memphis, Germantown, Collierville, Olive Branch and Southaven, MS, Tennessee, United States
My name is Kelcie and I am the local Area Director for AuPair Care in the Memphis and surrounding areas. I enjoy working with each of our host families and aupairs to ensure everyone is having a good experience with this unique and wonderful program!

Friday, June 3, 2011

Are you making sacrifices in order to afford your daycare, nanny, or childcare in Tennessee, Memphis, Germantown, Collierville, Cordova, Bartlett, and Southaven, Mississippi areas?

Many child care options are unaffordable to the average U.S. family. In 2009 the average center-based child care fees for an infant were more than the average annual amount that families spent on food, according to a survey done by Child Care Resource and Referral. Parents want high quality child care, but its high cost forces many parents to make sacrifices. But, parents don’t have to sacrifice high quality for affordability. Au pair matching agencies, such as AuPairCare, provide international au pairs for U.S. families at a low cost when compared to other child care options in the country.

The hourly cost of an au pair from AuPairCare is approximately $7.50 per hour, considerably lower than the cost of baby sitters, nannies, day-care centers, and camps. Most baby sitters in the U.S. charge an average of $10 to $15 per hour, and are not required to go through specialized child care training, like AuPairCare’s au pairs. Au pairs provide individual attention to children, whereas a day-care center employee’s attention is divided among many children. The cost of AuPairCare’s au pairs remains the same regardless of how many children a host family has or what hours the au pair is providing child care. This makes it a great child care option for families with multiples or parents who work nontraditional hours, as day-care centers charge per child and increase the cost for child care during nontraditional hours.

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