My experience as an Au Pair

My experience was unique in a way that it helped me grow a lot on finding more of who I am, what I like/dislike, who I want to be, to have a clear vision of what I want my future to look like, it has taught a lot about educating children, and understanding why they act like they do, also it has taught me about Chinese culture and cultural differences, etc.

One of the greatest memories that I have: one day I was teaching my host kid to draw a heart. At the beginning it was really complicate it for him and got really frustrated, but with cheers and effort he ended up drawing beautiful hearts. This little thing made me think a lot! That kid was always going to remember how to draw a heart. And I'm thankful to say that, in part, it was because of me. As adults, we have no idea how much we really affect and impact kids’ life. And how a little thing can end up being so big for his/her life. From that day on he kept drawing me hearts with my name inside. So cute!

I want to warn you that the cultural shock is not easy (at least it wasn’t for me), It may last a day, maybe a week or longer. I would encourage you to keep positive and to try to see things from another perspective.