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With over 150,000 caregivers across the country, Sittercity is the nation's largest and most easily accessible database for babysitters, nannies and pet sitters. Easy to use – just enter your ZIP and find the perfect sitter near you.
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Find high-quality child care in your area. Child Care Aware is a program of the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA). This organization works with more than 800 state and local Child Care Resource and Referral agencies nationwide. These agencies help ensure that families in 99 percent of all populated ZIP codes in the United States have access to high-quality, affordable child care.
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Caresquare is a free community website directly connecting families with caregivers in a social network. For caregivers, Caresquare is a rich resource for finding jobs, promoting yourself and managing your work schedule. For families, Caresquare will connect you with caregivers and allow you to easily assess quality and fit based on references, background checks and detailed profiles.
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Care.com is a source of trustworthy care options for children, pets and elderly parents. The company provides a simple and safe way for families and individuals to manage their care needs. Care.com offers a full breadth of subscription-based services—child care, pet care, senior care and tutoring—to address the lifecycle of specific care needs, while providing free background checks and a suite of tools and resources for selecting the best care possible.
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It’s easier than you think to get stuck owing the "nanny tax." Did you pay a babysitter working in your home more than $1,500 in 2007? The figure is $1,600 in 2008. Well, unless that babysitter is your parent, spouse, under-age-21 child or someone under age 18 whose principal occupation is not household employment (a student, for example), then you owe the tax. SmartMoney helps you calculate your nanny tax.
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Before you hire a babysitter or extended caregiver for your children, you should ask a few important questions. You may want to invite the babysitter over a few times while you are able to be at home, so you can monitor the relationship between your children and the babysitter. See how the babysitter reacts, how your children respond, and get an overall idea on how they get along with each other. This checklist from PrintableChecklists.com is a great guide for interviewing your next sitter.
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This article from HowStuffWorks examines the process of choosing a day care provider, the day care options that are available and guidelines for choosing the right day care provider for your family.
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BrickHouseSecurity’s custom made hidden video cameras are built into everyday household items. These are perfect for use as a Nanny Cam or to keep an eye on your office after hours. Options include: Teddy Bear Nanny Cam, Picture Frame Hidden Camera, Covert Plant Camera, Wall Clock Spy Camera, and many others.
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Do you know the background of your nanny, housekeeper, baby sitter, or gardener? You invite these people into your home, but do you really know who they are? Are your children safe with them. Do a free criminal search and see what turns up.
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You can place a free classified ad for a caregiver on CraigsList.org. CraigsList is available in many major cities.
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