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How to convince my parents I am old enough to babysit.
Hi, my friend and I want to start a babysitting business and we need some tips on how to convince our parents that we're old enough to become babysitters. We also could use some ideas for a name, price(we are planing on becoming certified babysitters).
Help would be greatly appreciated.
I am 12 and my friend is 11.
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Something that you can do is start to baby-sit your younger cousins, or other family members. Another thing you can do is try to prove that your a young adult by making a power point presentation, or having a sit down conversation with your parents. You should make your prices for how much an hour, and a good name is Booming Babysittin. :) But my suggestion is that you should wait until your 13 or of age.
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Man, judging by the responses below, times have really changed. Back in my old neighborhood in the 1970's we had 12 year olds babysitting quite a lot. The only question is how mature is the 12 year old? If she can handle it then great. If she is too immature than you don't hire her.
One of the problems is that people have allowed local news to so instill a state of fear in them that they are almost afraid of their own shadows. Stop falling for the fear people!
Now there is one issue: how late you can babysit until. Minors aren't allowed to work past 10 p.m. and that may prevent some parents from hiring you.
But barring that, you can also explain to prospective clients that your mom will be home while you are babysitting and if needed you can have her intervene (if that is the case).
The 11 year old, though, is going to have a tougher row to hoe with parents. Yeah, it's only a year apart, but a world of difference in mental development compared with a 12 year old.
Good luck. If you are serious about this, you really need to find out everything you can about child rearing. Show the parents you have the knowledge and the maturity.
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I hate to burst your bubble but you may want to check with the laws of the state before you go ahead and try to babysit someone's kid. Some states require a certain age to babysit and watch children.
Babysitting is a tough job and I personally wouldn't want anyone as young as 11-12 watching my child. It is nothing against you or your friend I personally think it is a bit too young to carry on the responsibility of children. I on the other hand would not only be more comfortable of having someone older but someone who can save a life if something went wrong. Example: CPR
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I started Babysitting my sibilings at 10. Then i went on to my moms friends kids. Now i am all over the neighborhood. Just make your way up!(:
~Ashlyn(:~
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Getting certified first would likely increase your parents confidence in you.
However, you are too young. Where I live, unless you were babysitting your siblings or a family members, the parents who hired you could get in legal trouble. Where I live, people must be 13 years old before they are considered legally old enough to have other people's children left in their care.
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Personally, I think you both may be a little too young to babysit. Maybe you should advertise yourself as "mother's helpers". This would mean that you would act as the babysitter, but the parent would still be home. You would just be giving them a break while they get stuff done around the house.
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