I also know that there's a local child-care/babysitting non-profit in the north bay that functions as a conduit for mothers who want to pool childcare: 5 mothers in a pool: one takes all the kids on Monday, one on Tuesday, etc. This is for all day. And if you work four days a week, or hire someone to work one day, it works out perfectly.
This is far less official and formal than what Krugman describes, but it's fairly widespread.
Joanna
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Pollak" <mpollak at panix.com> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:28:00 PM Subject: [lbo-talk] Baby sitting coops?
On his blog yesterday, Krugman referenced his baby sitting coop story yet again (and reading it again, I realized he hasn't noticed it needs a serious update). But aside from economics, it got me wondering -- he says they're common, but I've never heard anyone mention one. Has anyone here ever belonged to one as a parent or child?
(Not that it matters but if anyone's curious, this the baby sitting coop link: http://www.slate.com/id/1937/ and this is the blog post link: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/the-war-on-demand/ )
Michael
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