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[quote=Anonymous]The town I grew up in had a very active babysitter co-op. Each family had vouchers they would use to "pay" another family with. Basically a childcare swap, and there was a directory with family names and ages of kids. We made great friends with other families in our smallish town that way. We ended up staying with those families when our parents went away for 2-3 nights, and would often have kids staying with us when we returned the favor. We also had the best beach vacations where several families stayed in a huge house together, and pitched in to pay two teenage babysitters to come along. All the parents had plenty of nights out and adult vacation time that way. Now with our own kids we don't have local family, either, but are lucky enough to have grandparents fly in and stay a couple weeks a year. We usually get away for a night or two during those visits. Otherwise we happily pay out the nose for a few trusted babysitters.[/quote]
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