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Everyday life with an au pair

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Relief for families with a child with a disability: what support is available in everyday life?
HPT, Schulbegleitung, FED, grandparents – and gaps still remain. Where an au pair can be a further building block in the support system.11 min read27 August 2026
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Care for a child with a disability falls through: what can parents do?
School support worker off sick, HPT closed, transport service cancelled: how families respond more flexibly to breakdowns in care with an additional trusted person in the household.9 min read27 August 2026
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Care for children with disabilities: when HPT and other services are not enough
No HPT place, care on just three days, gaps at the edges of the day: how families can combine different building blocks of care – and where an au pair fits in.9 min read27 August 2026
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Combining work and a child with a disability: how can an au pair help?
When your working day is dictated by care times: how an au pair can cover early mornings, afternoons and therapy runs, giving parents back their professional options.10 min read27 August 2026
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Freizeitassistenz for a child with a disability: how an au pair can make participation possible
Participation often doesn't fail because of the child, but because of missing support. How an au pair can act as Freizeitassistenz (leisure support) to make gymnastics, sports clubs and the playground possible.9 min read27 August 2026
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Au pair or Familienentlastender Dienst?
A Familienentlastender Dienst comes for agreed hours, an au pair lives with you. Which form of support suits your family's everyday life.4 min read04 August 2026
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Single parents: when a second pair of hands is missing
A single parent raising a child with a disability: how an au pair in the house brings a second pair of hands, creates breathing room and frees up time for siblings.4 min read04 August 2026
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An au pair in a foster family: two more hands
Foster families carry a great deal. How an au pair can share in everyday tasks, support routines and create time for the other children – without being a trained professional.5 min read04 August 2026
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An au pair for several children: can that work?
An au pair doesn't have to be assigned to a single child. They support wherever the family needs it right now.5 min read04 August 2026
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Finding time as a couple again
Time as a couple is not a luxury. How an au pair, as a familiar person in family life, makes small moments of freedom possible again for parents.4 min read04 August 2026
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Short nights: how an au pair can support parents
An au pair is not a night watch. But they can take over the morning after a short night – and give parents back some sleep.5 min read04 August 2026
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Therapy, nursery, driving: untangling the family calendar
An au pair can't cross appointments off the calendar. But it can help share the journeys between two people.4 min read04 August 2026
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Siblings: more time for them again
Siblings often have to wait in the daily family routine. How an au pair can redistribute attention and make time for each child possible again.5 min read04 August 2026
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When the Schulbegleitung is absent: what matters now
The Schulbegleitung (school-support assistant) is ill. What an au pair can cover – and what it expressly does not replace.4 min read29 July 2026
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Holiday care: when 13 weeks of school holidays become a challenge
Around 13 weeks of school holidays a year – and far less annual leave. How an au pair can help carry the holiday days.5 min read29 July 2026

Everyday life with an au pair

Relief for families with a child with a disability: what support is available in everyday life?

Care for a child with a disability falls through: what can parents do?

Care for children with disabilities: when HPT and other services are not enough

Combining work and a child with a disability: how can an au pair help?

Freizeitassistenz for a child with a disability: how an au pair can make participation possible

Au pair or Familienentlastender Dienst?

Single parents: when a second pair of hands is missing

An au pair in a foster family: two more hands

An au pair for several children: can that work?

Finding time as a couple again

Short nights: how an au pair can support parents

Therapy, nursery, driving: untangling the family calendar

Siblings: more time for them again

When the Schulbegleitung is absent: what matters now

Holiday care: when 13 weeks of school holidays become a challenge