> My point is that The Guardian is portraying this as some innocent 'mix-up' when in fact the person has been an adult for 10 years and can reasonably be expect

> My point is that The Guardian is portraying this as some innocent 'mix-up' when in fact the person has been an adult for 10 years and can reasonably be expected to know that they can't work on a tourist visa, even if they're paid in kind and not in cash. But it probably was a simple mix-up by her. I'd bet she literally didn't know. Does that make her ignorant and likely extremely immature? Totally, but if she weren't... She wouldn't be trying to do au pair to begin with I don't think that coverage was misleading at all, frankly