Over the past few decades, the methods used to find babysitters have changed dramatically. Parents used to turn to local high school students or friendly neighborhood adults to watch their children when they had something that they needed to do. Now, with all of the...
It happens so slowly, you may not even notice it at first. You start to think about the good times you had a few years ago, the fun things you did with roommates and other buddies. You remember fun places you went and things you did. You start to build up a file in...
Many parents will cringe at the idea of hiring a babysitter online. After all, haven’t we all been told to beware of strangers? And most people online are strangers. Ironically, what most parents do not realize is that hiring a babysitter online through a...
When you are looking for a babysitter, the million dollar question is how much you should have to pay for this service. If you go through a babysitting service, chances are that they will have a set rate when it comes to sending a babysitter to your home. If you hire...
Naturally, when you are hiring a babysitter, you are going to want to do research on their background to make sure that they are the right person for the job. After all, you will be entrusting your children to their care. It is imperative that you do research into...
There was a time when the only qualification for being a babysitter was willingness. Sometimes a convenient relative could be talked into the job, or a teenage girl from next door would do. Pay was usually minimum wage or lower because the babysitters were only trying...