http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2006/12/considerations_.html A dad's eye view of baby and toddler stuff Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:08:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2006/12/considerations_.html/comment-page-1#comment-5303 Hailey Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:24:47 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2006/12/considerations-in-picking-a-babysitter.html#comment-5303 <p>I am still a teenager but I do have to say about the comment above...I think its ok as you look in to it and know how the parents are and maybe even they could have a test run well you the parent are still there it may just work!</p> I am still a teenager but I do have to say about the comment above…I think its ok as you look in to it and know how the parents are and maybe even they could have a test run well you the parent are still there it may just work!

]]> http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2006/12/considerations_.html/comment-page-1#comment-5302 lisa Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:47:32 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2006/12/considerations-in-picking-a-babysitter.html#comment-5302 <p>I'm a new mom, and this question has been on my mind. I started babysitting when I was 13 (I got that Red Cross certification). It was a real "job" for me, as I usually had babysitting gigs four or six nights a week. I mostly sat for the same families on a weekly basis, and they would get to know me. But, I was still just a teenager, in charge of several children and sometimes very small infants. Most of my clients met me on referal from friends--very few of them had met me or my parents before leaving their kids with me. All of my friends also babysat, and these parents seemed to think nothing of leaving their kids with a young teenager. Now, as a parent, I don't know anybody who leaves their kids with a teenager, and the idea of doing so seems weird and scary. Do people do that any more?</p> I’m a new mom, and this question has been on my mind. I started babysitting when I was 13 (I got that Red Cross certification). It was a real “job” for me, as I usually had babysitting gigs four or six nights a week. I mostly sat for the same families on a weekly basis, and they would get to know me. But, I was still just a teenager, in charge of several children and sometimes very small infants. Most of my clients met me on referal from friends–very few of them had met me or my parents before leaving their kids with me. All of my friends also babysat, and these parents seemed to think nothing of leaving their kids with a young teenager. Now, as a parent, I don’t know anybody who leaves their kids with a teenager, and the idea of doing so seems weird and scary. Do people do that any more?

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