25-35 Age group
2 children , 1,2 - years old
| Name | Gary S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Spoken language(s) | English |
| We live in | Chile |
| Registered on | 08/10/2016 |
| Last login | 3 months+ |
I was born in the US to a single mother psychiatrist who never had much time for me. I had a German Au-pair for a few years when I was little, I really loved him, I still miss him and I know how important your work can be. I studied the piano for two years but I decided that I didn't like the United States. There was lots of craziness and division, more value placed on things than on people, always war and perversion on TV. I came to Chile when I was 20, I like it better. I think the people are less complicated and more in touch with what is important now, and better connected to each other. I spent some time studying Spanish, French and mathematics privately, and now I am a medical student. My wife is a psychologist. She comes from a poor farming family, her father had to become a mechanic after they lost their property in a land dispute. She is the first one in her family to get a college education. She is very big-hearted and hard-working. I met her while trying to teach English in a school where she was working, and I saw the compassion she had for the students there. She gave up working to raise our children and develop our farm business. We have two children, a two year old son and a one year old daughter. They are happy, social, intelligent, adorable children, because we take good care of them. We live on a farm about 45 minutes away from Valdivia. It's beautiful, and peaceful when we don't have family visiting, which happens from time to time. We like peace, nature, open space, good food, musical instruments, flowers, and quiet, loving, uncomplicated people. We'
The main responsibility will be to capture my children's attention by being fun and loving, and then use that attention to speak lots of Mandarin into their brains while they are young and able to learn language easily and with no accent. After that, you will be asked to take care of them sometimes, help around the house, or run errands, mostly for when the wife is doing one of those things and so cannot do the other ones. I hope you like to cook, because we do too, and we would love to learn to cook new food. I might also ask you to teach me some Mandarin if I have time. I'm used to learning from people with no teaching experience, so don't worry. If you don't speak Spanish, you should speak at least intermediate English and be confident in your ability to learn. The wife understands English fairly well but prefers speaking Spanish. You will have your own room, the same food that we eat, heat, water and everything else you need, for no charge. If you drive, you can borrow a vehicle for errands. If you don't, you can hitch with us if we're going, or we can drive you to the bus stop.
| Prefer Au pair of gender | Female |
| Au pair couples accepted | No |
| The aupair will be required to drive | No |
| Elderly care is required | No |
| Housework required of Au pair | Average |
| Single parent family | No |
| Our religion | Confucianism |
| We practice our religion | Yes |
| We have children with special needs | No |
| We require care for children under age 2 | Yes |
