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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have grandkids but they live 1400 miles away.  I was sad about being deprived of the "grandma experince" so after I retired from my career, [b]I signed up one one of those on line babysitting sites to be a "grandma for hire.[/b]" I was hired quite quickly.

I babysat for family #1 for about 18 months, then they moved.  Family # 2 lasted 3 years, and family # 3 lasted 4 years.  The kids ranged in age from newborn to 12.  Sometimes when the 12 year old would roll her eyes at me, I would remind her that I could trade her in for a baby.  As in, I could quit babysitting for older kids and find a new family with younger kids.

I found that being older was seen as a positive to parents when they were looking for a sitter.

There are a lot of young families who are sad that they live far from their extended family.  And there are a lot of older people who are sad that they live far from their extended family.  But there are ways for those people to get together and "scratch each other's itches". [/quote]

What service is this?[/quote]

It's  really not babysitting that people miss.  It's the family experience.  I am not sure why people think babysitting children of strangers somehow replaces having grandchildren. [/quote]

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