Whoa - this is horrific. The girl is deathly ill, they won't let her go home, and they want appreciation for their sacrificing a dinner out?
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En réponse à @zanstrong @ZackKopplin
Au pair families are really bad. I am constantly shocked at the callousness they readily admit.
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It's one of the reasons I thought that the "this doesn't happen in America" framing was wrong
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En réponse à @sarahjeong @zanstrong
Exactly. Also the $200 a month at the end kinda touched a nerve with me (even though she was working out of conditioning at that point)
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En réponse à @ZackKopplin @zanstrong
It was per week, but yeah... I mean, both giving her more than an "allowance" and not giving her anything are all fraught
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I think it's important to acknowledge that while there are *good* things he can do, absolutely nothing can truly absolve him
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En réponse à @sarahjeong @zanstrong
It's the struggle I have. I know a decent number of families w/ au pairs, even some who go above and beyond trying to do right...
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En réponse à @ZackKopplin @zanstrong
Yes, and thing is, most families can't afford to give childcare providers a proper and commensurate wage... bc historically it's ALL unpaid
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That's exactly why marriage as an institution historically resembles slavery and why wives are treated as property
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And all of that remains so embedded in our economic system and affects how EVERYONE is compensated, which then leaves no $ for childcare
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So we continue to act out the ancient institution of marriage whenever our laws give us an opportunity to do so, and exploit domestic labor
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