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What Could Go Wrong? App to help parents find childcare on demand

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨mdd@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/04/23/bay-area-mom-creates-app-to-help-parents-find-childcare-on-demand/

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  • Freshparsnip@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Right underneath this, I saw a post about an Uber driver driving away with someone’s kid. I couldn’t figure out how to screenshot the two posts next to each other

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    • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s a horrifying thought. Link to the post?

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      • Freshparsnip@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I can’t find it now

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  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m going to catfish the kids and pretend I’m Blippi and eventually con them out of tens of dollars.

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  • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sounds like it’s been successful, not sure how this is a shit post

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    • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Entrepreneur Gretchen Salyer created June Care, the app considered the “Uber of childcare,”

      Mmm, yes. Childcare’s race to the bottom!

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      • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Childcare was largely shut down due to the pandemic and struggled to bounce back. This is a company that started to address some of the lack of access. I agree that quality affordable child care is strongly lacking in this country, and I see more access such as June Care provides as a good thing.

        Or is this just a Lemmy contrarian thing again, where I’ll get downvoted and receive snarky comments without any actual discussion

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    • mdd@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I posted this because I’ve read many horror stories about using gig-work apps.

      One example is someone in the SF Bay Area that used an to find a verified dog sitter while traveling. All seemed fine until the dog was returned. It was a DIFFERENT dog.

      Another example is apps like UBER/LYFT to get a ride. I now hear ads on the radio from lawyers looking to represent those that have been harassed, molested, or raped.

      I would trust my child with any

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