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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd think you could find someone to carpool - especially if you are willing to take them to the activity, which can be harder for working parents than pick up. Or could you drop off and come home and then have DH pick up? I know you say he has a demanding job, but he could do calls in the car on the way there and then have some time with DD on the way home.

Up the cleaner to weekly - and if your current one won't help with laundry, find someone who will.

College student who could help with driving and some chores around the house? I hate putting my own laundry away, but if someone paid me that's a sweet gig. [/quote]

OP here. The taking is the hard part due to work. Picking up is easy.

I am finding some avenues on finding a college kid to driving for this summer as her summer activity schedule for part of the summer looks really impossible. Makes me a little nervous if I don't know them super well. Do you interview them or like how does this work? Uncharted territory for me. [/quote]

I have a special needs kid, and I look for people like this regularly — have for years.

Go to care.com. Think about whether you need more “child care” or household help. For childcare, put in your search criteria. If you want afternoon/evening help with driving your kid — will you let them drive your car? This matters. We have kept a third car for years for this purpose. My demographic for afternoon/evening child care is women in college. They want part time work. I send them messages through care. You have to message 15 people to hear from 1 or 2. Then, I get their number and we have a quick call. Then, I also for two references. Then, they do a working interview that I pay for. This lets me show them where they will be driving. I generally ask them to feed the kids, keep the dishes in the dishwasher and do kid laundry. I pay well for this.

If you really want more of a housekeeper/personal assistant, search care for the elder care and housekeeper folks. This is where you find older women — often retired — that want a little extra money. Mine just showed up at 2pm today. She isn’t scrubbing toilets. But she will generall clean up the kitchen, do the kids laundry and sheets and cook the blue apron meal waiting in my fridge. On other days, she will go to the grocery story, the pharmacist and dry cleaners. It works out very well.[/quote]

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