Good day and thank you for reading this. We are an expat family from South Africa and have been living in the Netherlands for almost 4 years now. We plan to stay in the Netherlands for the foreseeable future and raise our children here. We are however separating as parents and we maintain a kind and civil relationship. As we are both working parents we do need assistance for the practical caring for our two daughters. They both attend stepping stones school close to the diakonessenhuis. Over the last three daughters have had two au pairs and a carer from Sitly. They are well disciplined and will gladly follow instructions. Our youngest daughter does require some extra understanding and patience but is easily manageable.