How Protective Should You Be When It Comes To Babysitters?
By spazz435
@spazz435 (322)
United States
September 12, 2010 9:23pm CST
I know that when it comes to leaving your kids in the hands of a teenager for several hours, you feel like you want to know a lot about them and that your not leaving them in the wrong hands. So you ask them questions like how old are you, who are you parents, what are numbers I can reach you from? I babysit frequently, and I've been asked some interesting questions, but just recently I was babysitting for a couple who were basically acting like cops. They were asking questions like, have you been involved in a hit and run; do you have any parking tickets? Those aren't even relevant to babysitting their kids! What is the point to where it is too much. I think that family over drew the line by a mile.
1 response
@ambercatharine (36)
• United States
13 Sep 10
I agree. I think parents should be asking about any medical skills you have. CPR is good to know if you're going to babysit. I'm just wondering what these parents would have said if you had said yes, I have parking tickets and was involved in a hit and run. If your not driving the child anywhere I don't see how it is relevant. But I also understand how worried parents get about their kids. I just think they should focus more on the personality of the babysitter, rather than their driving history.
@spazz435 (322)
• United States
13 Sep 10
Actually I am Red Cross Certified in CPR, if a parent were to ask. But yes, I do not take any children out in cars and drive them anywhere, so I don't see how any of those questions are relevant to watching their children at home. And if I had said yes, then would they have just said, "Well although we know that you're not taking our children in a car anywhere at any time, we still find you unfit to babysit out children all because you have a parking ticket." Which I don't, so why do they ask?
