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By Rena Fulka
..."I wanted someone who likes to be around kids and knows how to structure activities for my kids. And I needed someone to referee fights and drive my kids where they needed to go."
To gain access to a vast pool of candidates, Smith turned to Sittercity.com, a Chicago-based Web site that attracts more than 500,000 users from across the nation.
Parents pay $40 for the first 30 days, then $10 monthly, to view hundreds of profiles of sitters living within a few miles of their homes. Most Chicago area ZIP codes fetch 15,000 candidates or more.
"I thought it would be worth the $40 if I found someone, otherwise I'd be in a huge bind," Smith said...