What exactly constitutes the difference between caregivers/nannies, au pairs and babysitters?
Caregivers/Nannies are the only professional childcare providers of these three. Often, formal training and education are part of the caregivers/nannies background and they also perform light housekeeping.Au Pairs are teenage or early twenties who come from overseas to the US for a period of at least one year. Au Pairs receive room and board and a small stipend. Babysitters tend to be short-term childcare providers and who lack professional experience, education and training as a caregiver/nanny.Usually, babysitters do not perform any housekeeping duties.
