Does a man "babysit" his own child?

The only way i would consider it babysitting is if the child does not live with the father and the father hardly gets to see them. It could have also been that he was asked by the mother to babsysit their child for a few when it wasn't his normal day to have the kids if they were split up. I think it was just a wrong choice of words. I think he was trying to get the message across that men can care for their children too...hopefully.

maybe he didnt mean to say babysit in a bad way :) maybe he just meant he takes care of his son ahah bcs normally is women that be at home taking care of the babies and not the guys^^ so maybe he just meant that. anyway is nothing wrong that men take responsabilities of take care of children too sometimes^^ bcs is a hard job too^^ anyway who was that celebrity?^^

I do not believe keeping your own child babysitting. I do not understand why some one would call it that. I guess it could be just away of saying they spend time with their child. Have a great day.

When my wife wants to going shopping or somewhere and doesn't want to bring the kids along she will ask me if I can babysit them. This bugs me quite a bit because they are my kids and I tell her I can watch them but I will not babysit my own kids. She seems to get me mixed up with the babysitter for some reason.

Actuall i dont know the difference between babysitting and taking care of a child because i thought that it is also have the same meaning both. I admire a man who personaly take care of there baby because it only mean that they are responsible and dedicated for being a father.

In my opinion, we just call caring others' children "babysitting". I hate the celebrity you said, he doesn't know what is loving. He can't feel happy from caring his baby.

hi valentinesdiner you know what I thought when I read that , that that was about the only time he was caring for his child himself, and that that was mainly for publicity so everyone would say wow what a great father, he has all that money and he still cares for his own kid.wow. I hope I am wrong but probably am close to the truth. I would never have called my caring for my two babysitting, they were mine own, and I cared for them.

It is absolutely fine for a man to babysit his child. But, I have seen that men are very poor in that work. My husband has already offered his help in babysitting the kids. We don't have kids yets. I think that it is important for a man to share the work of babysitting his kids especially if the wife is working. Otherwise there should be a servant to take care of the baby.

That is a REALLY weird choice of words, if you ask me. I agree.. You definitely do NOT 'babysit' your own kids. What a weirdo. He must not be in his kid's life very much, if his role in his child's life is that of a 'babysitter'. *rolls eyes*.

I know I have heard this before and thought the same thing. If its your child how can you call it babysitting. It doesn't make a bit of sense to me. If a man or woman are taking care of their children that is exactly what it is. You are taking care of your children/family. You are not babysitting when you are taking care of your own kids.

No way, he is the father and it is his responsibility to take care of his child so that the mother can rest because its a big responsibility taking care of a child. If he is baby sitting the the mother is babysitting too

hi friend, i have no idea what the babysitting exacltly means, but i think it is appropiate to say babysitting his own child. if a man said that he babysits his own child, his importance of his word is on taking good care of his baby. maybe in his mind, be a man, he is very pround of taking care of his kid. just my personal view:)happy mylotting.

maybe it's just a wrong choice of words, what's important is the message that men have to do their share of taking care of the kids, celebrity or not. Cheers!

...not really exactly, babysitting is the practise of temporarily caring of child on behalf of child's parents, i think the term babysitting probably originated fromt he action of the caretaker "sitting on" the baby in one room, while the parents were busy...the difference of babysitting from nanny is for employment terms/reference but the duty is the same or maybe not.. :-)