https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:37:19 +0000 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 10:45:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=43874 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=43874&PID=5860666&title=babysitting-cooperatives-good-idea#5860666 Author: Daddy246
Subject: 43874
Posted: 06 February 2014 at 10:45am

Hi Everyone,

My wife and I are looking into babysitting cooperatives between friends/coffee groups/school parents etc and we wondering if anyone does this?

It is something that seems quite popular overseas but we haven’t come across it too much in New Zealand. We thought it is a great opportunity for parents to get free babysitting by looking after another parent’s child in exchange for a token per hour of sitting that is then traded with another parent for the same within the group.

It’s essentially a bartering system within a group of parents you know/trust to save money and get the ease of have a collective group of members who you can rely on to babysit for one another.

The thought then developed into an idea for a website that would facilitate a booking system between members and track the trading of points. We asked around our friends and got a reasonably good response but we are interested to know if other parents have ever been in a babysitting cooperative or would be interested in using one.

We would appreciate your thoughts on the idea of babysitting cooperatives – good, bad or stupid idea.

Thanks heaps!
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