Daily Archives: July 12, 2017

Parents are using work auction website Airtasker to find babysitters for their children, particularly if they’ve left arrangements until the last minute. The Australian Nanny Association telling The Age they find the trend are concerning and shocking. Update Date 12/7/2017 Read more  

Parents are auctioning off the care of their children online on Australian sharing economy platform Airtasker. Airtasker allows users to post jobs for everything from cleaning to assembling furniture and, more controversially, babysitting. Australian Nanny Association president Annemarie Sansom says the practice raises serious concerns for the safety of children. “People are putting a price…