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10 Recruiting Babysitter Nightmares

10 Recruiting Babysitter Nightmares

Just when you get into the rhythm of summer it ends. How do you feel about that? I will say as a babysitter agency it is a time of roll down chaos. Parents have finally settled into summer and have drifted into a false sense of security when: WHAMO! They finally wake from their stupor and realize OMG, they need babysitters for after school pickups, drop-offs, and care for their kids after school…

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10 Best Questions to Ask a Potential Babysitter

10 Best Questions to Ask a Potential Babysitter

Why are you interested in babysitting and, more specifically, why are you interested in babysitting MY children? (you are looking for answers specifically about why they were drawn to your family and to children; is it the age of your children, is it your neighborhood, is it that you looked like a kind family on your photo, and what specifically they like about babysitting).

What discipline…

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When Choosing a Babysitter

When Choosing a Babysitter

In a time when families are separated by miles, and we no longer live in the same place that we were raised, and where our parents live it is difficult to find caregivers for your children. It isn’t like it was; babysitters were your neighbors, your friend’s kids etc but babysitting has become much more sophisticated and complicated.

I’m shocked at how many people think they can BE a babysitter.…

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