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Socially distant families turn to virtual babysitters for support amid COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic.Elize Shirdel launched HELM Life after five years of connecting parents with babysitters.“When we saw coronavirus, coming we saw what a problem this was going to be for all the families and companies we support, as well as for a lot of us personally. So we came up with this idea of virtual child care of online activities for kids,” Shirdel said.HELM Life connects children with one of 1,500 police-checked caregivers for 20-40 minute sessions, depending on their age.“We’ve got lots of early childhood educators who run some of our sessions for kids, from three, four, five, six.