Industrial research into an Instrument to create Trust in Collaborative Childcare

Koru Kids将共享经济带入育儿领域，让父母更容易分享保姆。共享保姆解决了越来越多的父母所面临的问题，他们兼职工作或传统育儿无法覆盖的“尴尬”时间。另外，这对孩子们来说也很好，他们有了一个可以一起玩的朋友，这也给保姆增加了收入。最重要的是，它使家庭在经济上更容易获得优质的儿童保育。这使妇女能够重返工作岗位;儿童能够茁壮成长;家庭能够保持偿付能力。Koru Kids的建议是进行一项研究，创建一个育儿晴雨表，一个衡量育儿方式的工具，这有助于在网上建立家庭之间的信任--这是保姆分享发生所需的关键。这在儿童保育和整个共享经济中都是创新的。如果可行，它不仅有助于Koru Kids家庭匹配过程，还有助于更广泛地了解如何在网上建立信任，这是“共享经济”的一个关键特征。我们为这个项目筹集了35，098英镑的资金。就Koru Kids的业务而言，该项目的投资回报率将在2年内达到10倍--此外，随着父母们重返工作岗位，英国经济的生产力将得到更大的提高。开发的技术将首先在伦敦部署，然后在国外部署;这将是一家总部位于英国的全球科技公司。

Koru Kids brings the sharing economy to childcare, by making it much easier for parents to share nannies. Sharing nannies solves the problem faced by increasing numbers of parents who work part time or 'awkward' hours which traditional childcare fails to cover. Plus it's great for the children, who get a friend to play with, and it gives the nanny increased income. Most significantly, it makes great childcare more financially accessible for families. This allows women to go back to work; children to thrive; and families to stay solvent. Koru Kids' proposal is for a research study to create a Parenting Barometer, an instrument to measure parenting style, which helps create trust between families online -- the key thing needed in order for nanny share to occur. This is innovative in childcare and throughout the sharing economy. If feasible, it will not only help with Koru Kids family matching process but will also contribute to broader understanding of how to create trust online, which is a key feature of the 'sharing economy'. We sought funding for this project of £35,098. Return on investment for the project will be x10 over 2 years in terms of Koru Kids’ business -- plus even larger productivity gains for the UK economy as parents are helped to go back to work.The technology developed will be deployed first in London, then abroad; this will be a UK-based global tech company.