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I want to earn some money this summer becasue my parents dont give me any
i want to earn some money but i can't get a job because i'm only 13 and i dont know who to babysit for. i dont know whether putting up fliers around the neighborhood would actually work. i babysit my own little brother all the time but my parents never pay me or give me an allowance. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Okay. First get papers from a hospital so people will no youre certified. Two, do NOT make you're fliers by hand, adults like suffisticated people looking after their childern. and lastly, make sure you no what you're doing. Last you want is to be accountable for a hurt kid.
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step up to your parents and ask them if picking up around the house every week or making a list of chores that need to be done can't do anything? ask them if an allowance can be put in there somewhere. never be afraid of what you haven't tried. well, sometimes you can be. (: try it. <333.
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You would be suprised on how putting up flyers can help. If you want to babysit just make the flyers and put them out there. You won't know until you try if it will work or not. That's what I am doing and so far it's working for me. Just make sure you have a pretty darn good flyer.
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Keep in mind, there are other ways to earn money than babysitting. You could mow lawns, or do odd jobs around the house for friends of your family, for example. If you have experience with pets or taking care of plants, you can also pet sit or house sit for people while they are on vacation. Just be careful with this, because sometimes it requires going into other people's houses by yourself. Always make sure your parents know where you are going and are ok with the people you are babysitting/pet sitting/whatever for.
I don't know much about babysitting, but a lot of the time the best way to get business is from friends of your parents. If your parents say you are a good babysitter, and the friends trust your parents, you might have yourself a job.
Also, one way to improve your reputation as a potential babysitter is to become first aid/CPR certified. I think some places require this. Parents definitely prefer it, and it's always a good idea to be prepared if something happens to the kid you are babysitting. Some communities have places that give free training, so look around a bit and see if you can find one. Local churches will probably know a place, or even provide training sometimes at the church.
And have you talked to your parents about the allowance thing? Even if money is tight around the house and, to a certain extent, you are expected to do things for your family (they do feed you, house you, and so on, after all), I'd say you've been earning yourself at least a small allowance. Even if it's just five dollars a week...that's something. See if you can negotiate with them. Five dollars a week is better than nothing. And if you give them some good reasons why you need the money (birthday gifts for people, or something useful that you would like to have but want to earn yourself, like a bike or a small pet) it might help your argument. But if they don't like pets, avoid mentioning that at the same time you ask for an allowance. It's better to ask them for as little as possible because they will be more willing agree with you, that way.
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If any of your friends babysit, talk to them. There could be a day when they can't babysit and they can refer you to babysit for them that day. Word spreads fast, so if you help your friend babysit then the parents of those kids will tell other people that you are available to babysit. Tell your parents to tell their friends with young kids that you could babysit them. More people will ask you to babysit with time.
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