Some parents say the cost, as much as $200 extra per night out, is worth it.
Some of the child-care workers who left the profession at the height of the pandemic have not returned to those jobs, which sometimes pay less than $13 an hour, and remain in the babysitting market. That has not only left some care centers understaffed but has also driven up the average hourly rate for babysitters, due to their qualifications, Perkins said.
“Parents are trying to cobble together a babysitter here, a babysitter there. Parents are posting whether they can do a nanny share,” where several families split the cost of a nanny who can watch their children together, said Debra Isaacs Schafer, a work-life consultant in the region with a specialty in working parents with neurodiverse children. “I’ve been doing this work for over 20 years. I’ve never seen it like this.
“What we’ve found is families tend to look for older child-care providers now,” compared with 12 years ago when UrbanSitter was founded, Perkins said. “It is much harder to find high school babysitters. Kids these days are busier with activities and volunteering.”The process of securing a babysitter can include interviews and background checks.
“Parents kind of know to calibrate based on the job they’re being asked to do,” Perkins said. If the sitter will be working at night and the child will be asleep most of the time, for example, a lower rate would be acceptable.
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