There are many different kinds of child care for families who live in the Boston area. The MIT Family Resource Center can provide you with ongoing counseling and materials to help you to determine the type of care that would best serve your family's needs, and to find care once you have decided among the options. In-home care takes place in the child's home.
Some families reduce the cost by sharing a caregiver with another family.
In order to help you find occasional evening or weekend babysitters, the Center maintains a list of MIT students who are interested in babysitting and a list of student employment offices at area colleges and high schools. Family Child Care Family child care providers care for one to six children in their own homes. In Massachusetts it is regulated by the Office of Child Care Services . You should allow four to eight weeks to search for a family child care provider, if possible, so that you have enough time to locate several providers from whom to choose. Providers seem generally unwilling to contract for care that will start more than eight to twelve weeks in the future, or to contract for care before the birth of a child.