Earlier this year I moved south short term because of a young lady that was coming to stay with me for a while while she got life back on track. I was not expecting things to really last this long, (who ever does?) but it seems to show no sign of ending soon.
She has a 3yo that she is the custodial parent of. Up until she got on track she was content with allowing her family and the father to have much more of his time than her. That has changed drastically over the last 4 months as she has discovered that being a "mommy" has tremendous rewards and has helped her restore things missing in her life. He is with her a minimum of 3-4 days a week.
So... With her starting her Senior Year that creates a Child Care issue unless she continues to bounce the kid from her parents to his to him and then to her. Not the ideal way for it to be handled.
I took a short term lease on an apartment in August that is about to expire as I never really thought this would last more than a couple of months while she sorted things out in her life. I hate being cooped up and will move into a large 4 bedroom house where her child can have his own room and she will still have "her room" (for appearances sake
) and envision trading out room and board and possibly a small allowance for a live in nanny.
So I was thinking that maybe the foreign exchange student thing might be an area to look into.
Anyone with any experience in that please PM me.
She speaks Spanish and has actually TAUGHT English as a Second Language classes through a college program so communication with a Spanish Speaker is not a problem and she could probably also assist them if they have language needs.
Live In Nannys? Foriegn Exchange Students?
