Parent Agreement

Version 2026-08-07 — effective August 7, 2026

1. Who this applies to #

This agreement applies to parents, guardians, and household members who arrange care through Gated Sitting. It sits alongside our Terms of Service (https://gatedsitting.com/terms) and Community Standards (https://gatedsitting.com/community-standards).

2. You choose and supervise your sitter #

You remain responsible for interviewing, selecting, supervising, and paying any sitter you arrange through the service. That includes checking references and any certifications that matter to you, and deciding whether a sitter is right for your children.

Gated Sitting is not an employer, agency, or guarantor of any sitter, and does not perform background checks unless a specific service explicitly says otherwise. A neighbor’s recommendation is that neighbor’s opinion, not a platform endorsement.

Share the details a sitter needs once an arrangement is confirmed, and keep access codes, medical details, custody arrangements, and children’s private information out of community-facing areas. Anything you put in a night’s notes is visible to neighbors if you share that night to the Neighborhood Board.

4. Care instructions and emergencies #

Before care begins, give your sitter what they need to act without you: emergency contacts, any allergies or medications, where to reach you, and the address and access arrangements. In an emergency, the sitter should contact local emergency services first — the platform cannot respond to emergencies.

5. Paying your sitter #

Pay is agreed between you and your sitter. Rates and any bonus shown on a night are what you have offered; the platform does not set or guarantee them. Where you pay by card through the service, payment is processed by our payment provider and sent to the sitter’s connected account. Any other method — cash or a payment app — is settled directly between you and your sitter, and the platform is not a party to it.

Your household membership is a separate charge from anything you pay a sitter. See our Membership Policy at https://gatedsitting.com/membership-policy.

6. Changes and cancellations #

Plans change; tell your sitter as early as you can. If you cancel a confirmed night, let the sitter know directly rather than only removing the night in the app. Repeatedly cancelling late, or not paying an agreed rate, may be treated as a Community Standards issue.

7. Changes to this agreement #