Baby-sitters: You can find them on Web
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..."Trust is my main concern," Deerfield mom Angie Beerman said. "Any time you get a baby-sitter who's not referred by your friends or family, you worry." For Beerman, the answer was Sittercity.com, an online sitter databank and service provider.
Genevieve Thiers, founder of Boston-born and Chicago-headquartered Sittercity.com, one of the largest and oldest Internet-based sitter services, says mobility is one reason parents will turn to a service like hers: "America's families have become increasingly transient. When they get to a new city (parents) often don't know where to turn. That's when they come to us..."