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  • #613673
    SamR
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    Here is a place where you can talk about babysitting: anywhere from what you like as a babysitter, what you like as a parent who hires one, what you don’t like as either person, what you wish the other person knew, etc.

    I’d like to hear your opinions!

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

    #1032521
    TheGoq
    Participant

    Welcome to the Coffee Room SamR!!

    #1032522
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    I don’t believe in hiring babysitters. If a kid is mature enough to leave the womb, he is mature enough to take care of himself.

    #1032523
    ivory
    Member

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

    #1032524
    TheGoq
    Participant

    DY what if its a c section??

    #1032525
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

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

    #1032526
    business1
    Participant

    Omg, I have so much to say on this topic but I don’t have time now…. maybe later. Put it this way: some parents have alot to learn before hiring babysitters (im talking about hiring teenage girls)

    #1032527
    Shopping613 🌠
    Participant

    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).

    #1032528
    Torah613Torah
    Participant

    It’s a great way for a teenager to earn money.

    #1032529
    takahmamash
    Participant

    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.

    #1032530
    WolfishMusings
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    Also, if there are any male babysitters. I don’t personally know [of] any.

    Back when I was a teenager, I did quite a bit of babysitting.

    The Wolf

    #1032531
    👑RebYidd23
    Participant

    Paying teenagers to sit on babies is barbaric.

    #1032532

    My brother is a better babysitter than I am. He just has a way with kids. Unfortunately, there are some people in our home community who don’t trust teenage boys to babysit (not talking about for girls necessarily– even parents of just boys have been this way).

    #1032533
    👑RebYidd23
    Participant

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

    #1032534

    Iy”H my brother will become an amazing father, but he isn’t even in the parsha yet so it’ll be a little while.

    #1032535
    Letakein Girl
    Participant

    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?

    #1032537

    how much do u guys think is normal for a 14 yr old girl?

    i say 8ish, some of my friends do 10

    #1032538
    👑RebYidd23
    Participant

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

    #1032539
    Shopping613 🌠
    Participant

    Same story, but this time is was the father who paid (Men don’t get this stuff, how much to pay babysitters) so he paid her 50 DOLLARS for an hour….

    #1032540

    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.

    #1032541
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    I think if a clueless mother or father offers payment far exceeding the prevalent rate, the babysitter should tell them.

    #1032542
    🐵 ⌨ Gamanit
    Participant

    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.

    #1032543
    Letakein Girl
    Participant

    Wow, Shopping!

    That was one lucky babysitter. 🙂

    #1032544

    Shopping- tell mhere u baybisat- I’m going there now!

    #1032545
    Shopping613 🌠
    Participant

    It was my friend actually, but I think the father is now more educated…

    I don’t know, I already think in shekels…many of my friends, where they live get paid only 3 dollars an hour….it’s crazy, but that is the norm in their city…even if they are 16….

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