babysitting co-op
Shared parenting arrangement
A babysitting co-op is a group of parents who take turns watching each other's children, trading childcare rather than paying for it.
Members typically earn credits by babysitting for others, then spend those credits when they need coverage themselves: We joined a babysitting co-op when the kids were toddlers.
The arrangement works best among families with children of similar ages who live near one another.
- childcareSupervision of young ones
- swapExchange one for another
- parentsMother and father
- date nightCouple's planned outing
- toddlersVery young children
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