Safety issues may also vary from region to region in the USA. Au pairs who will take care of children in Manhattan (population of more than 8 million people, which is almost the same as the entire population of Sweden) will have different safety concerns than au pairs going to rural Vermont, for example. Always check with your host family to see what their expectations regarding keeping their children safe are. You will spend more time at the au pair training school talking about how to keep your host children safe inside and outside the home.