As the economy has forced more and more families to seek additional income, many families need the stay-at-home parent to go back to work and are seeking good qualified child care for their children. However, they are not talking to friends or looking to Grandma, they are going online.

Yes, they are going to the internet to find good childcare options.

It really isn’t that unusual. We now do some shopping, look for phone numbers, check the weather and get news all from our computers or iPhones…why not a babysitter?

Sound risky? Actually it is probably less risky than asking a neighbor for a reference.

There are now online matchmaking sites that make it easy to search for great local babysitters who will lovingly take care of your children in their homes or yours. You can check references, browse feedback from other parents and even run extensive background checks on any sitter before you even interview them.

Some of these sites let you search babysitters by interests, experience and education in addition to location. Most of the time you can look through the sitter information before you ever sign up.

Is it expensive? Not really. You are charged a membership fee for the service and are not charged any additional fees even if you use multiple sitters. So you can find qualified day care for the days while you are working and even find a babysitter for a Friday night out.

Finding a good babysitter has never been easier.