I think it is tough to go from 6 hours of having peers he really clicks with to a different situation with kids where there is nothing in common. If the weather is good and they do a lot of outside time then I think it could work, but the inside stuff does not seem as promising.

How did you hire folks? 2-4 hr/day or something like that? We have thought about having HS kids babysit but HS kids get out late and are not available when we would need them.