"We Don't have an Extra Bedroom."

"We no Longer Have Children in Our Home."

"Do Families Need to Come From a Particular Culutre, Race, Religion, or Economic Level?"

"We're Such a Busy Family!"

"Our Home is Not Large Enough."

"What if, once the Student is Here it Just Doesn't Work Out?"

"How Many Students Are Placed with One Family?"

"We don't have an extra bedroom."
The students need a bed of their own, however, they can share a room with the same sex child from the family. Often the host children are so excited to have a new brother or sister that they will give up their bed and sleep in the family room for the few weeks the student is here. A family should not rule themselves out if they do not have an extra bed as one can usually be arranged.

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"Our home is not large enough."
The size of the host family home is unimportant to the student. Many students come from very modest homes.

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"We no longer have children in our home."
Many students delight in being an only child for a few weeks. One of the special aspects of a cultural exchange program is it works well with families of all types.

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"We are such a busy family!"
Great! Busy families make the best families. The students are busy themselves Monday through Friday so the usual routine should not be greatly disturbed. The students like to see much of what is going on in this new culture and the busier the family is the more the student gets to see.

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"What if, once the student is here it just doesn't work out?"
If there is a problem that can not be solved we will of course immediately move the student into another home.

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"Do families need to come from a particular culture, race, religion and/or economic level?"
Absolutely not! One of the beauties of our culture is the diversity of the members. Many of the students own cultures are a bit more homogeneous and one of the first things they learn about when they visit North America is the multiple races, religions and economic levels that live in harmony on our continent. The only stipulation is that the family must agree to speak English while the student is in the home.

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"How many students are placed with one family?" The general rule is one student per family. Occasionally two students are placed in a family by mutual request.

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