Finding childcare

Add comment November 5th, 2007

One of the challenges facing working parents is finding good childcare. I got lucky, my four-year-old son has had the same licensed in-home provider since he was a year old. In-home is cheaper than the great big daycare facilities and gives me greater peace of mind.

We found our provider through word-of-mouth, but there are other resources to find childcare. I just discovered this site, Care.com, which is like a job board for would-be babysitters, nannies and daycare providers. You can search it without subscribing to the service, but if you want to run a background check on the babysitter or daycare provider, you’ve got to pay a $30 set-up fee and a $10 monthly subscription.