Parents are incredibly selective when it comes to choosing child minding for their loved ones. Being unable to secure a trustworthy person to look after your children usually results in cancelling or rescheduling your plans.
So how do you find someone you trust? What are the primary things you look for in a trustworthy person? Does convenience trump trust? What about price?
For most, the convenience of leaving their children with family, close friends or neighbours is the most simple approach. But what about families that don’t have access to these contacts?
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I'd be interested in knowing if there are ways to filter for a sitter with nursing / extra needs experience such as home and portable oxygen use and NG or NJ feeding tube experience. Or tracheotomy tubes and PEG/PEJ feeding. This is the reality for many children, especially young children who were born prematurely. Not all parents of those kids have family and friends around, but they do need special hard-to-find sitters, as carers very much need breaks. Currently we've had to go through certain agencies. When we recently visited New Zealand and needed a nanny it was near impossible to find an NG be experienced carer for a 3-hour business meeting.
There would be other types of needs that could also be catered for - e.g. on the spectrum, or developmentally delayed for example.