@TheBrandons0819
We actually do say we welcome families but despite having grandchildren aged 13, 11, 7, 5, 3 and also 3 months we also say that our house isn’t suitable for children under 5. This is because while we are happy to be responsible for our own grandchildren and regularly have them to stay in our house, we are aware that our house is by no means child proof. If I weren’t there as well, I’d have to move lots of things and I’d worry about children getting hurt not to mention falling over our low sea wall.
My own grandkids I can be responsible for and take what I know to be fairly good safety measures (I hope 
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Also my cats are house cats when we are away and with the best will in the world, the risk of them getting out when small kids are involved feels greater even if this may not be a reality.
Good luck in your search, also I can’t see why other families who want to travel and have their animals looked after wouldn’t accept another family with children as presumably they too must have fairly child proof homes…Maybe there should be a search criteria to be able to look for pet owners who have small kids!
As someone who regularly sits with a family i understand your frustrations. I cant tell yu how many messages i used to send without even an acknowledgement. It felt really crap when i realised the proportion of non replies was way higher than for solo or couple sitters.
What I will say is it gets better. As you get more experience and good reviews people will be more inclined to take you on. We have been members for just over a year and I think we have done about 8/10 sits now, as well as a couple though different means. 5 star reviews from all. It’s really perseverance- eventually someone will choose you.
You’ve had some really good insights on this thread- local sits are a really good call if a possibility. Flexibility, and open dialogue, as well as just accepting that those really really fancy sits probably aren’t going to choose you(and would be stressful with kids anyway imo!).
Also just a point to consider- we have a cat now and even as a sitter with a family, knowing how hard it is to get sits, i would go for a solo sitter over a family as it’s a lot of work to prep the house at a time that’s already really busy. It would have to be quite a special bunch who would get me to change my mind on that, and I think a lot of people feel the same way.
Really hope you find some sits soon!
“But we’re even getting denied for houses with king size beds and a cat lol”
I had a great first experience of having a family (parents and 4 year old twins) as sitters this year. So I am very open to families in principle. But I’m afraid the above line would make me rule you out absolutely. If you don’t realise that cats have specific needs which deserve respect and can be nervous and sensitive, you shouldn’t be petsitting.
A lot of your phrasing on this thread really isn’t doing you any favours- I strongly recommend you link your profile as others have suggested and get some advice on how it comes across.
We sit as a family of 5 and lined up back to back sits last summer. Then we took a half a year break to travel through Asia but did complete a sit in Singapore last Christmas. After we got back to the states, we lined up sits again and are now in Korea getting ready for another dogsit. I’ve seen reviews with other pet parents having hosted other families with small children so even though it might be a bit more difficult to get sits confirmed, I would recommend to keep trying if you want to eventually pet sit full time. Good luck