Is there a parent who hasn’t fretted about getting a baby sitter for the night? Is there a baby sitter who hasn’t felt put upon, underpaid, distrusted? For more than eight decades, baby-sitting has ...

Anton Vogel, 14, wasn’t baby-sitting his 6-year-old sister when he sat across from her at a Mexican restaurant. In fact, his mother was at the table as well. But when Rachel began choking on her ...

You’ve seen those flyers with tear-offs advertising employment opportunities posted on community boards and college campuses. You’ve probably even ripped a number from one or two hoping the job’s ...

There are three ways to earn money running a baby-sitting referral service. The first is to charge baby sitters a fee to join the service, be listed in the directory, and have access to parents ...

Kelly Smedvig calls it "the New Year's Eve dilemma." "When your kids are still young, do you go out, do you stay in with them, or attempt to bring them with you?" said the West Stockbridge mother of ...

Securing quality, affordable child care is becoming a major concern for parents of young children as more households contain two working parents, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Starting ...

When a baby learns to sit up independently, parents have a delightful realization: They are no longer solely responsible for propping up this tiny human, whether it's on their laps or with the help of ...