Show me a parent who doesn’t organise their family’s life online, and I’ll show you a person who doesn’t have WIFI. From booking swimming lessons to printing photos to ordering school lunches, the internet has made the logistics of parenting so much easier.
Paper forms, pens, posting things, and speaking on the phone, seem to be largely from the dark ages. What did time-poor parents do before the internet? How on earth did they manage to research and organise stuff for their kids?
Thankfully, we will never have to know! Everything’s online these days, and there’s not turning back. There’s now even a new website that makes finding a childcare place for your kids less time-consuming, too. It’s been called the “realestate.com.au” of childcare. No more phoning around, chasing up waitlists. It’s www.spotachildcare.com.au.
It’s simple to use. Just enter the suburb postcode to find local child care centres – both with and without vacancies. And you can check out the centres you like, and wait list your child. Brilliant. Just like realestate.com.au, which revolutionised house-hunting, this site takes away the stress of finding childcare. You can even do it in your pjs in the middle of the night.
The site’s founder, Olena, was a busy mother of two, precariously balancing work and family responsibilities when she came up with the idea to streamline the process of finding care for kids.
“I always found it very difficult to find a quality childcare centre. I relied on friends to tell us about childcare vacancies and for referrals. The first childcare centre we found was in an adjacent suburb and we really didn’t like it,” she said.