How to Create a Neighborhood
Babysitting CooperativeDianavan:

"...a babysitting co-op for working mothers."

That says it all. You obviously cannot think beyond your mouth.

If they are working, who will be the babysitters?

I guess you expect that they will arrange their working hours to suit the babysitting arrangements. Dream on."

Regardless of your ongoing personal attacks:

How to Create a Neighborhood Babysitting Cooperative
A How-to Guide for neighborhood leaders working to make life better for people in Battle Creek. Yes we can.
http://www.wkkf.org/Pubs/GreaterBC/Babysitting_coop_00254_02987.pdf


BABYSITTING COOPERATIVES

Dorothy Labensohn
Family Life Extension Specialist
Human Development and Family Studies
Iowa State University
http://www.nncc.org/Choose.Quality.Care/qual.sitter.coop.html

    Creating Opportunities

    Any project or area of work in the framework for community-based poverty reduction can be a springboard for enhancing employability and promoting economic development. Any organization can become the base for skills training, assistance with job search, worker co-ops and job creation.
   
    Peer support groups and neighbourhood associations, for example, can encourage unemployed members to coordinate setting up a business or a food or babysitting co-op. Immigrant settlement programs can act as the base for employment counselling, referral to training or promotion of self-employment. Adult high school and language programs for adults can incorporate job referral and employment counselling.
   
    A social housing complex can become the centre from which to teach home or furniture repair skills to young people or unemployed residents. Families whose children participate in early childhood development projects can exchange services such as home repairs, babysitting, lawn care, typing of résumés, transportation or snow removal. Family counselling programs can extend into training and job creation.

http://www.caledoninst.org/Publications/Detail/?ID=378