Babysitting

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Before you send your child to a babysitter, read the article in mishpacha this weeek

I’m against c-sections. If a kid is mature enough to be born, he is mature enough to do it on his own.

Well, that is why you have to be careful.

I read a story about someone who put a camera in her house while a babysitter was there…and from there she found out the babysitter just drugged up the kids and did nothing and almost killed them…

I personally think the best way to hire someone is to:

A) Either get a recommendation, AND ask for refrences. Or just do yourself a favor and use someone you know either relative, family friend, or neighbor (you can’t hide much from neighbors when you have cardboard as a wall)

B) Make sure you know her parents, and her school. If something DOES happen, you can be sure she will get in a lot of trouble or even kicked out…

C) Always keep in mind you can trust no one fully except Hashem, always look out for red flags…and maybe hide a camera somewhere if you a really scared.

But obviously, anything in life can go wrong, anyone can betray you, not just a babysitter. If you have checked and referenced her, that is all you can do.

It’s like a shidduch, you can look, and dig, and try.

But in the end, keep in mind it’s all up to Hahsem

I believe nothing more needs to be said over THAT article and veiw on babysitting, everything in life involves risks, you can either take them or not. Even eating (you could choke) and sleeping (you could fall, sleepwalk, sleep choke).

Also, if there are any male babysitters. I don’t personally know [of] any.

There are teenage boys on our yishuv email list that advertise as babysitters. Back in my teen years, I also used to babysit (as well as cut lawns and shovel snow). In fact, I had families that used me as their first line, regular babysitter. The going rate back then was $1 an hour.

Paying teenagers to sit on babies is barbaric.

Women have a natural talent at caring for children. Some men do too, and they are the best fathers, but people trust women more.

My friend told me about one very memorable babysitting job she had. She babysat for four or five hours, and then when the parents came home, they asked her how much money she takes an hour. Because she wasn’t familiar with their financial status, she told them that hey could pay her as much as they wanted. And hoped for the best. Well, the best came! They paid her TWENTY dollars an hour! She didn’t raise any objections then, but now, thinking back, she wasn’t sure if she did the right thing.

What do the esteemed members of the cr think?

The age is irrelevant. It’s the service that counts. Minimum wage is the minimum.

Minimum wage is unfortunately not the minimum. It depends partially on the age of the babysitter but also on other factors: how many children, are they awake or asleep, is the babysitter responsible for feeding and/or putting to bed, and is it a wealthy community or not. For full-time daycare in the babysitter’s home it can be as little as $5 or $6 an hour.

I once got paid wayyy more than the going rate. When I said I don’t have change, she just smiled and said she didn’t want any.

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