Share-Care
Share-care arrangements have become a growing trend among Bay Area families. They give parents the opportunity to create a quality childcare arrangement that fits the family budget.Share care arrangements can come about in four ways.
- You and another parent work alternating hours and days. One parent cares for the children on her days off. Cost: free.
- Two families share a nanny. Childcare is for both children on the same days at the same time in either one or both parents’ home. Cost: $8-9/hr. per family
- Two families split the nanny’s time. Each child has individual care in their own homes. Cost: $13-15/hr per family
- A caregiver brings her own child to the family’s home. Cost: $10-13/hr for the family.
- Managing the logistics of when and where care will be.
- Providing adequate reimbursement to maintain the children’s play space where care is provided
- Providing adequate equipment, toys, food, bottles, diapers and clothing items in one or both homes
- Agreeing on how the children will be cared for. Both parents and caregiver need to share similar values and to understand their differences-- for a successful arrangement to occur.
- Developing a contract between each family and nanny defining the terms of the working relationship.