Day care for Hurried Parents In each country, whether it’s called day care, or day care or even child minders, the point is that someone other than the parents are taking care of a child. All parents use day care one way or another when they hire a baby sitter to care for their child so that the parents may leave and perform either work, seek work, or even partake of some sort of adult entertainment. Who does day care In many large cities day care is accomplished by other parents who have begun to take care of others’ children while they care for their own children. Sometimes, it’s accomplished by a grandmother or even a grandfather. The point is that harried parents need some rest sometimes. A better solution Enter the perfect situation for accessing day care. Traveling high school or college students who are disposed to trade off babysitting or day care for the cost of lodging and food! How to access them Contacting these students has been made exceptionally uncomplicated by a trouble-free resource that puts together a needy family seeking day care with a traveler who desires to “swap” or trade child care for food and lodging. The name of this resource is Host & Care and is accessible online by going to http://hostandcare.com They not only perform a match for the family and the student, but they also actually list offerings for families and those willing to perform child care. Each person has a free listing and even a free video of the people involved if desired. Students Receive Students who will be working in a different country can not only learn the host’s language but also share in the host’s family outings, enabling the student to reinforce their thoughts about diversity. They further learn about their own tolerance and finally gain an understanding of cultural differences that may not be like their own. Of course that is in addition to being given either free or reduced cost lodging and food. The Perfect Trade Harried parents or grandparents consider this the perfect trade as the student acts as a temporary au pair. Their “job” being taking care of the children, and passing on portions of their own culture and diversity to the host family. Teaching Some students end up performing actual teaching, as they impart to the young charges verbal Americanisms and discuss what it’s like to live in America with either the children or the family in general. Again, it’s all done as a perfect cultural exchange wherein both sides gain from each other. Helping Others Both sides end up helping each other and often this results in long-term associations with each other. The families that the student took care of grow and actually come to visit their “old friend”-- that wonderful American who came to stay with them and teach them about the United States. There is a friendship that is conceived out of need but ends up being part of a close-knit and warm family relationship.