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Newsletter - Season’s Greetings from Granny Aupair

Newsletter - Season’s Greetings from Granny Aupair

Dear Families, dear Grannies,
The festive season is approaching very rapidly: Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noël, Merry Christmas, God Jul, Feliz Navidad!
Christmas is celebrated around the globe, but in lots of different ways. Our Grannies also experience this when they stay with families in faraway countries - and the families are pleasantly surprised when the Grannies bring their customs from home with them.

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Newsletter Grannies - Ich bereue nichts

Newsletter Grannies - Ich bereue nichts

Dear Reader, dear Ladies,

„Je ne regrette rien“ – I have no regrets – a statement that has been sung in many languages and said in interviews by actresses like Katharine Hepburn or fashion designer Coco Chanel. Many wish they could say the same about their lives.

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Newsletter Grannies - What to expact as a Granny Aupair

Newsletter Grannies - What to expact as a Granny Aupair

Dear Reader, dear Ladies,

Today we would like to give you a few tips to ensure that your expectations as Granny Aupair are met as far as possible.

The profiles of the family will give you a lot of information. For example, if you don't want so much hubbub around you, then a family with three small children and possibly pets is probably not for you. It's better then to look for families with one (older) child.

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Newsletter Grannies - On many families‘ Christmas list: A few helping hands

Newsletter Grannies - On many families‘ Christmas list: A few helping hands

Dear Reader, dear Ladies,

Following the stress of the pre-Christmas period and hopefully a few quiet days between the years, the hustle and bustle starts all over again for families in the new year. How good it would be to have a few helping and experienced hands in the house...

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Newsletter Familien - Neue Grannies warten auf Sie

Newsletter Familien - Neue Grannies warten auf Sie

Dear family,

The pressure of the pre-Christmas period is in full swing and hopefully you will have a few quiet days during the actual holidays. But with the new year the whole hustle and bustle mostly willbe starting all over again. How wonderful it would be to have a few helping and experienced hands in the house....

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Newsletter Grannies - A family’s calm center

Newsletter Grannies - A family’s calm center

Dear Reader, dear Ladies,

In the past, it was often the case that several generations lived under one roo. If the parents had to work, the grandparents looked after the little ones. Unfortunately, things are often different nowadays.

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Newsletter Grannies - How to find your Dream-Family - Tips from Granny Aupair

Newsletter Grannies - How to find your Dream-Family - Tips from Granny Aupair

Dear Reader, dear Ladies,

We are delighted - the Granny Aupair community is constantly growing again! To ensure that your search will quickly lead you to your dream destination or family, we would like to pass on a few useful tips that we have gathered in the course of our nearly 14 years of experience.

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Newsletter Grannies - Escaping the Novemberblues

Newsletter Grannies - Escaping the Novemberblues

Dear Ladies,

Are you looking with trepidation towards the coming grey of late autumn and winter? Are you longing for continuous sunny days, constant warm temperatures and blue skies, or perhaps simply for different surroundings?

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Newsletter Grannies - Full speed ahead at advanced age

Newsletter Grannies - Full speed ahead at advanced age

Dear Ladies,

Older people in particular are less constrained, live more impulsively and gain self-esteem, states the Austrian gerontologist and sociologist Franz Kolland in a research report. We can only confirm this - several thousand women between 45 and 80 have travelled to over 50 countries in the last 13 years and supported families and social projects there as Granny Aupairs.

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Newsletter Grannies - Great networking is not a secret

Newsletter Grannies - Great networking is not a secret

Dear Ladies,

It's one of THE business buzzwords of the last few years: networking suggested to be incredibly important, otherwise you can hardly get ahead in your job. You need the right contacts, you always have to have someone on hand who is suitable for certain tasks or who can help you. Privately, this has been going on for a long time: Among friends and acquaintances people help each other as a matter of course.

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Newsletter Grannies - Grandmothers are great

Newsletter Grannies - Grandmothers are great

Dear Ladies,

A grandmother is a wonderful enrichment for family life. She cooks lunch for the offspring while the parents are at work. She reads exciting stories aloud! And she comforts little aches and pains or teenagers‘ first heartache.

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Newsletter Grannies - Active-Aging not Anti-Aging

Newsletter Grannies - Active-Aging not Anti-Aging

Dear Ladies,

the results of a study about older age by the German Allensbach Institute show that following family and hobbies, voluntary work plays a major role in the everyday lives of most senior citizens. Almost 50 percent of the over-65s volunteer an average of four hours a week. The results show, that people who are committed to something do not feel so lonely.

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Newsletter Familien - New Grannies are looking forward to you

Newsletter Familien - New Grannies are looking forward to you

Dear family,

With all the stress around the start of the school year, how would it be to have a few helping and experienced hands in the house?
At the moment, around 100 Grannies among others from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and the USA, are looking for a meaningful task in a nice family, for a longer period or if its only to bridge a gap.

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Newsletter Grannies - Grannies: A family’s center of calm

Newsletter Grannies - Grannies: Grannies: A family’s center of calm

Dear Ladies,

In the past, it was often the case that several generations lived in one house. If the parents had to work, the grandparents looked after the little ones. Nowadays, unfortunately, things are often different: Employees have to become more and more flexible in order to get ahead in their jobs – but that this also requires adaptable childcare is a real problem, especially for single parents.

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Newsletter Grannies - Grandparents sorely missed

Newsletter Grannies - Grandparents sorely missed

Dear Ladies,

many of our families have to manage without grandparents, but would so much like to benefit from the experience of the "older generation". Children who are looked after by temporary grandparents build up a relationship with them comparable to that of "normal" grandparents.

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Newsletter Families - New Grannies are waiting for you

Newsletter Families - New Grannies are waiting for you

Dear family,

In many countries plans are already being made for the time after the summer holidays: New school year, maybe a new school, start of nursery school etc. There a lot to organise for families in order to balance school, work and free time. When you have to combine all these things, everyday life can become quite stressful.

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Newsletter Grannies - Neue Wege gehen - Kinokarten zu gewinnen

Newsletter Grannies - Neue Wege gehen - Kinokarten zu gewinnen

Dear Ladies,

Summer is having a little break at the moment and some of you are probably experiencing a bit of cabin fever. Would you like to get out of your four walls? Browse through small alleys far away from the beaten tourist tracks and tour buses? Enjoy delicious local dishes in a family circle?

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Newsletter Families - Spontaneous Granny looking for family from the beginning of September

Newsletter Families - Spontaneous Granny looking for family from the beginning of September

Dear families,

Granny Barbara (user name Granny Barbara) would like to go to a family from the beginning of September until the end of November, preferably in Europe.
The original family she was supposed to be with had to cancel at short notice due to a landslide.

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Newsletter Grannies - What to expect as a Granny Aupair

Newsletter Grannies - What to expect as a Granny Aupair

Dear Ladies,

Today we would like to give you a few tips so that your expectations of being a Granny Aupair will be fulfilled as far as possible. The profiles of the family already give you a lot of information.

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Newsletter Families - German Granny in USA spontaneously seeking family

Newsletter Families - German Granny in USA spontaneously seeking family

Dear Families,

Our Granny Michaela (username GrannyMia) has been in the USA for some time. The original family she was working with no longer needs a Granny at the moment, so she would spontaneously have another month from 10 July to help out a family in the USA.

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