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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

LOL.  Yep, if OP hires a sitter it's a death sentence.  You're on to something![/quote]

I don't know a single person who would hire a complete stranger via an online app to watch their child.
But you do you.[/quote]

Well, I have!  
I also went over to a complete stranger’s house to babysit when I was in college.  My friend that organized all of us to babysit in college started a babysitting agency after we graduated, and I hired multiple sitters from her agency.  
I also know people who use Bright Horizons through their work for back-up care.

Just yesterday morning, I hired a friend’s adult son’s girlfriend to drive my kids to school when I couldn’t do it.  I hadn’t met her before yesterday.

Believe it or not, my kids are all still alive and well.

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DP - you didn't meet any of those caregivers online, come off it.  They're all closely connected to people you know well and trust, which is a completely different scenario.  Even the Bright Horizons back up care (which I've also used) is light years away from hiring someone you've never met through care.com and having them watch your very young kids, alone, in an unfamiliar town.   :roll: [/quote]

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