This service has been a godsend since moving to Tiburon. They are always prompt at getting back to me and have provided me with some stellar care for my daughter. Everyone they have sent to me has been superb for those moments when I need my little one taken care of. I highly recommend using this service! read more

The team at Rent-A-Parent have been wonderful in supporting our need for babysitting and occasional all-day nanny services for our sons (aged 6 and 2). Their customer service is excellent and they are so efficient and easy to work with. Best of all, the nannies and babysitters on their roster are all so warm, professional and well-qualified. Most of them have worked in schools or daycare settings and they are all background checked through the agency. It really brings us great peace of mind to work with Rent-a-Parent and takes all the stress and hassle out of finding a date night sitter or backup childcare. read more

I have been using Rent-a-Parent for over 2 years now. We use them for watching our daughter mostly during date nights, when my wife and I go to a dinner and movie. My wife was very cautious about letting anyone watch our baby girl, mainly because we didn't know a safe way to find someone reliable, trustworthy, and experienced (forget craigslist for that). Rent-a-Parent sent a nanny who specialized in our daughter's age group and they did wonderful with our daughter. I wouldn't hesistate recommending their services to anyone seeking reliable, background-checked, exeperienced childcare proffessionals. read more

We planned a last minute trip to SF over July 4th and needed a babysitter for our 1 year old during our time there. Diana pulled through and found a sitter last minute (and over a holiday!) for us for all 3 days. Christine, the nanny, was great with our son. She was also very flexible with our times that we needed her and willing to travel a bit further for us. I would highly recommend this agency and can't wait to use them again in the future! read more

Amazing service by Diana! after having a really bad nanny experience through care.com we turned to rent a parent to find us our full time nanny and Diana went above and beyond to get us the perfect candidate quickly. As two full time working parents our nanny is a critical part of our lives and we have truly fallen in love with the amazing candidate Diana placed us with. We couldn't be happier (our daughter couldn't either!) and I highly recommend working with this agency if you are looking for top of the line candidates for your family, or even just general advice on your nanny search! Thank you Diana for partnering us with our amazing nanny who we couldn't live without :) read more

We have used this service twice and it was a mixed bag. Our first experience was fine. The second time, we had to cut short a New Year's Eve dinner because the babysitter overreacted, calling us home after one of our kids pretended to be sick (and really wasn't), To make it even worse the sitter charged us her full fee for only working half of the time expected. We're still steaming about it. read more

Diane is amazing, she has helped me find the best sitters to take care of my young children. She always does her best to find the right match for our family! She and her staff go the extra mile. The sitters can be flexible and can care for your sick child when needed. This service is a life saver for a working mom and be able to trust a sitter. read more

I am impressed with Rent-A-Parent's service and dedication to their customers. They are professional and very knowledgeable about the do's and don'ts in hiring a nanny. If you need babysitting services or a full-time nanny, Rent-A-Parent are the people to call! read more

This amazing company has been in my life for 9 years, I'm always the first person tell my girlfriends, use R-A-P if your sitter cancelled or quit!!!! Diana who runs this tight ship is extremely organized and on-top of EVERYTHING! Never had a bad experience, recommend everyone to use this service! Velda. read more

We struggled to find regular after school help for our young kids. After using Urbansitter and Care.com, a friend referred me to Diana. I was absolutely impressed with Diana's professionalism and responsiveness. The candidates she presented to me were friendly, warm and professional. More importantly, we found a regular sitter who has proven to be an absolute lifesaver for our family! Not only have our children have fallen in love with her but in a short amount of time, she has become a part of our family. I highly recommend Diana and Rent-a-Parent, and I will 100% use the service again! read more

Diana was incredible to work with. I moved to Tiburon recently and have used Rent A Parent for last minute babysitting as well as hiring a nanny. The entire experience was so professional, tailored to our needs and efficient. The babysitter & nanny have been wonderful. It's clear Diana is passionate about finding great matches for parents. I am so thankful! read more

Diana and Sarah have been great to work with. Having recently moved to Marin, we had a difficult time establishing a regular pool of babysitters. We struggled with finding people that were dependable and didn't cancel last minute. Not only is each childcare provider screened and interviewed, but it feels like they were hand picked for our family. Rent-a-parent has made it so much easier to find great childcare. read more

Rent a parent is a not a consistent or reliable source-you pay a high fee, and get very little service. I was leaving my son for 4 days with a sitter and they never sent me a health or house questioner-and then acted like I was all wrong and it was my fault after the fact. They clearly work on behalf of the sitter and not the paying customer-and Diane has a horrible attitude if you give her any negative feedback. They really are not a service at all. When I was going through breast cancer I used them for help-I wanted to meet with her to discuss my needs and she refused-sent me a nanny that was double dipping, on her cell phone constantly and when I complained they did nothing. I say if you want mediocre (at best) help, use Rent-a-Parent, they could care less about you as a customer and will balk at any negative feedback. read more

I have nothing but amazing things to say about Diana, Sarah, and the whole Rent-A-Parent company - they are truly the best at what they do. Super professional, kind, on top of things, and the sitters they use and the nannies they source are top-notch. I can't recommend them enough. If you are worried about using a service because it costs a bit more, let me tell you that Rent-A-Parent is worth every dime and then some. read more

I loved Rent A Parent! I was a babysitter for them this past year before I began graduate school at Columbia. From a sitters perspective it is a wonderful service. The office is incredibly helpful and accommodating with your schedule. All of the families I worked with were very nice and never had any crazy demands. They do a great job screening their sitters and take their selection process is very thorough. As a sitter, they also had a great emphasis on making sure that you feel safe being in every families home, and are incredibly supportive of you. If I hadn't moved across the country I would definitely still be working with them! read more

My spouse and I travel a great deal for work and after we no longer needed a live-in nanny for our two kids, we had to patch together nannies/drivers and occasional overnight coverage via Care.com. I'll spare you those nightmarish stories and go straight to the happy ending of being saved by Rent-A-Parent. Since starting to use Rent-A-Parent exclusively for our short- and long-term needs, our lives have been *immeasurably* easier. Diana and Sarah come through every single time we contact them, no matter the type of request. Every sitter they've dispatched, without exception, has been highly professional, great with the kids and an excellent communicator with us as parents. We recently went on a nine-day trip abroad for work and Diana and Sarah pieced together seamless coverage out of the logistical nightmares with which we presented them. We had no anxiety whatsoever about the kids' welfare while we were gone, despite being so far away. I can't overemphasize the improvement in our entire family's quality of life since we signed on with this service. read more

As a busy working mom with two young children, I am SO relieved with having discovered Rent-A-Parent. I had heard so many Marin moms rave about the service over several years. It is run by local women who are well-established and active in the community and care about local families. Because my kids already had the same sitter for years, it hadn't occured to me to call them until recently. Even if you already have your own sitter too, you should get "plugged in" to Rent-A-Parent. There are no membership fees. You pay only when you use the service. They completely save you the time/money of searching for someone and screening/interviewing them yourself. I feel fortunate now having a saftey net if our regular sitter can't make it, one of my children is sick and can't go to school and I need to go to work, my husband and I want to go out in the evening, etc.. The intake process was easy. And I found it fun discussing my personal preferences amongst their highly-qualified, pre-screened pool of candidates. I was so thrilled with the quality of the sitter who came (grew up in Marin, cultured, athletic, college grad, preparing to be a nurse, great rapport with children). Of course, if you need a sitter full-time they have many, many candidates like her as well. read more