We’ve always heard, “it takes a village” yet, modern parents are navigating childcare in isolation. Dual income households are experiencing unexpected school closures, sick days, cost barriers and limited family support. Parents are experiencing demand at work like they don’t have families and family demands as if they don’t have work. Traditional childcare systems cover predictable needs but families live in the unpredictable gaps. Meanwhile, we’re more digitally connected than ever yet less embedded in our local communities. The opportunity: Could technology rebuild hyperlocal trust networks? Not to replace childcare, but to redistribute its burden?