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Summer Blackhurst - Au Pair ExpertAbout the Author

Summer Blackhurst is the Press Coordinator and Au Pair Expert for Go Au Pair. Summer has extensive experience in working with the Host Families and Au Pairs and has interviewed dozens of families and Au Pairs to find out what really matters.

She has been writing for newspapers, magazines, and blogs for more than 15 years and has worked in the childcare field for 20 years. Summer is a believer in the cultural immersion process and speaks Spanish fluently after having lived in Argentina for a year and a half. She specializes in Host Family / Au Pair Relationships, childcare, parenting and cultural exchange.



New Year's Resolutions: Limiting kid’s screen time

I have a two year old who is very active. He is hard to handle in public places and is terrible at sitting still. I feel like I have to track behind him everywhere we are to make sure he isn’t destroying something or hitting someone else’s child. After considerable thought I decided it was in my best interest to get an iPad to help rein him in at times when I really need him to be still. I worry, however, about my boy being too attached to our new iPad....Continue to Full Article
Posted: 1/2/2013 8:00:00 AM by Summer Blackhurst

Five Tips for Host Families and Five Tips for Au Pairs

With the beginning of a New Year Host Parents and Au Pairs have the chance to start fresh. If something isn’t working, change it. If something is going well maybe you can do more. Below is some great advice gathered in 2012 from Host Parents and Au Pairs....Continue to Full Article
Posted: 12/28/2012 8:00:00 AM by Summer Blackhurst

Top Three Funniest Kid YouTube Videos of 2011-2012

If your kids haven’t made you laugh in the last month, you’re either spending too much time at work or too much time looking at your smart phone screen when you’re at home. ...Continue to Full Article
Posted: 12/26/2012 9:38:24 AM by Summer Blackhurst

Childcare choices and Financial Planning

What are some of the things that come to mind when you sit down and plan for your future? Some of the big hitters are retirement, funding your children’s college education, paying off your mortgage, and the list goes on. The figures roll out and they all have to match down to the last decimal....Continue to Full Article
Posted: 12/20/2012 8:14:43 AM by Summer Blackhurst

Moms and their Au Pairs

If there is anything inherent about us women, it is we need each other – friends to talk to and companions by our side. Do you remember in the popular 1993 movie, Miss Doubtfire? Do you remember how much Miss Doubtfire and the kid’s mom talked about everything? ...Continue to Full Article
Posted: 12/18/2012 9:12:27 AM by Summer Blackhurst

Remembering the 20 lost children

What would you say? What would you say if you were the sister or best friend or neighbor to one of the 20 parents who lost their child in the Connecticut school shooting? ...Continue to Full Article
Posted: 12/17/2012 9:09:44 AM by Summer Blackhurst

Best time to learn a new language 0-3 years old

The words were clear and his logic coherent. He has been streaming thoughts and sentences together for the last few months. At 18 months he was using one or two words at a time. During the first 6 to 12 months he was sounding out vowels, and finally as an infant he was pushing out grunts from the back of his throat. It is nothing short of a miracle, how quickly children can learn new languages in their first few years....Continue to Full Article
Posted: 12/13/2012 8:46:00 AM by Summer Blackhurst

US birthrate half what it was in 1957

Did you know the number of women having children now is half of what it was compared to 50 years ago? Per every 1,000 U.S. women there were 122.7 births in 1957, to the 64 births in 2010.  The U.S. birthrate has hit a record low. There are several reasons for this steep decline in U.S. births, but the National Center for Health Statistics is blaming the downward trend on our country’s recession. ...Continue to Full Article
Posted: 12/12/2012 9:35:00 AM by Summer Blackhurst
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