ADShe goes through a high-end service out of Miami called the Babysitting Company, which touts its “curated” child-care offerings in major cities. It’s such a personal-contact-based profession,” said Rachel Charlupski, founder of the Babysitting Company. ADTo research this story — and to get enough quiet time to actually write it — I tested Zoom babysitting on my own 3- and 6-year-olds at home. ADWhen Erin Upton-Cosulich got an email about virtual babysitting from UrbanSitter, another child-care service, she immediately thought of doing something similar with her regular babysitters. Her 3-year-old son has taken to doing pretend play over video while his parents work from home in the same room.

Source: Washington Post April 30, 2020 11:01 UTC