Child Care
> Articles and Resources
For Parents
Activities Guide
Care Clips (Video)
- Arranging play dates for your child
- Babysitter Poaching and Nanny Napping
- Checking a Babysitter's References
- Cost-effective Child Care Options
- How to interview a babysitter
- Resolving conflicts with your babysitter
- Should I hire an attractive babysitter
- Tips on taking a babysitter on vacation
- Tips on tipping your nanny
- What to pay your babysitter
- When granny is nanny
Care Stages
Care.com Favorites (books, movies, websites, blogs)
Checklists
Child Care Challenges
- Bye, Bye, Baby: Leaving Your Baby With a Sitter For the First Time
- Child Care Challenges: Biting
- Child Care Challenges: Lying
- Child Care Challenges: Separation Anxiety
- Child Care Challenges: Transitioning to a new caregiver
- Chores 101 for Your Sitter
- Nannies: Myths vs. Reality
- Television and Internet Safety for Children
- United Front: Child care and consistency
Children's Everyday Health Care Guide
Financial and Legal
Fun Things to Do
General Interest Care
- A Twin Twin Situation: How to prepare your sitter to manage your multiples
- All About Speech Therapy
- All about the Nanny Contract
- All about the Nanny Tax
- Allergies 101 for Your Sitter
- Be the Best Parent: Extra training for moms and dads
- Bedtime 101 for Your Sitter
- Child Care Co-ops 101
- Choosing a Nursery School
- Emergency Child Care -- Ready or Not!
- Getting over the Guilt
- Homework 101 for Your Sitter
- Important Safety Tips for Families
- Is Your Teen Ready to Babysit?
- Kids and Their Pet Dogs
- Pets 101 for Your Sitter
- Pets and Your New Baby
- Posting a Job
- Teaching Children About Peers with Special Needs
- The Child Care Dictionary
- The Dinner Party Is Not Dead
Newsworthy
Seasonal/Holiday
Transportation
- After-School Rules: Coordinating pick-ups and drop-offs with your child care provider
- Out and About in Atlanta: MARTA for Me
- Out and About in Boston: Befriending Charlie
- Out and About in Chicago: Young and Old Find Adventure on the CTA
- Out and About in Phoenix: The Valley Metro
- Out and About in Seattle: Via monorail, bus, train and water transportation
- Out and About in the Twin Cities: Metro Transit is the Choice for All
- Out and About in Virginia Beach
- The Daily Shuffle
For Child Caregivers
Activities Guide
Checklists
Child Care Challenges
Children's Everyday Health Care Guide
Fun Things to Do
General Interest Care
Sheila's Blog This Week
Budget Cuts and Education We've seen a big jump in families looking for afternoon child care this year because many school districts have shrunk their after-school programs, changed admission policies, or shut down organized after-school options entirely. Read More >
Looking for Child Care? We make it safe & easy!
- Mom-reviewed caregivers
- FREE background checks
- Recorded references
- Post jobs for sitters & nannies
