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Finding a good child care provider is one of the most challenging things I face as a working mom. I work from home most of the time so I feel weird about having someone come to my house to sit with my daughter while I’m in the other room. And there are many times when I have to go to an audition, or over a story for work and need someone last-minute. What’s a mom to do?
I invited the CEO and Co-Founder of UrbanSitter to share her thoughts with me. Lynn Perkins created UrbanSitter as a quick, effective tool for parents to search for child care online. As a mom herself, she tells me friends were always asking her for recommendations on a sitter and that sparked the idea to start her own website.
Cut to several years later and UrbanSitter is one of the most used child care websites out there. Lynn says that’s because they offer 3 critical components to child care: recommendations from people you trust, performance data and quality care providers.
She also talks about she created a new UrbanSitter app and what it means for parents. She says despite the great technology available on UrbanSitter, parents should still do their own vetting and read up on the reviews for each sitter. She has more helpful insights as well, but you have to listen to this episode to get them.
You can download and subscribe to Motherhood in Hollywood on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. And find out more about UrbanSitter and www.urbansitter.com.
