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We have all been inundated with news of the spread of the coronavirus starting in China, then spreading to Europe and now making its way to Canada. To this point, our country has been lucky in [...]

You and your partner have made it through the stressful holidays, hunkered down during the extreme cold in January, gotten back into the swing of things at work, maybe even taken the family on a [...]

So you’ve decided you’d like to make a little (or a lot!) extra money by babysitting on New Year’s Eve, instead of partying with friends or family. Great choice, but that doesn’t mean you can’t [...]

I know, I know, you still haven’t gotten to the end of spending oodles of money on Christmas presents, and now you’re supposed to think about shelling out some more a week later? Now, of course, [...]

One goes into the Holiday season making a mental list of the people they have to buy gifts for: parents, siblings, significant other…cousins, grandparents…friends, secret [...]

It’s sometimes hard for parents to get in the mood of Holiday cheer when there’s shopping to do, Christmas parties to attend and on top of that, as we get closer to Christmas itself, the kids [...]

Unless someone figures out how to make those adorable baby/ toddler years naturally last longer, the time will come when you need to leave your children with a babysitter, whether family, close [...]

Everyone that has ever babysat for a new family has faced the same dilemma: the door closes as the parents leave the house, you turn to the kids and think ooooookayyyyy, what will make this kid [...]

There’s more to finding a good babysitter in Calgary than availability and price. Sure, those things matter (the first one especially), but parents need to take into account a range of variables [...]

How Much Should I Charge for Babysitting? This is one of the questions we get asked most by babysitters on the CarePair social media channels. And there’s no easy answer, because it’s dependent [...]