Some people work in babysitting because they just want some quick cash. Others do this because they genuinely love children and they want to be around them as much as possible. If you fit into that second category, you may want to get a degree in early childhood development. This degree will help you understand [...]

You don’t have to take every babysitting gig that comes your way. Even though this will take potential money away from you, it will give you a chance to actually enjoy what you do on a day to day basis. Maybe the home isn’t right or the pay isn’t right. Maybe you have different ideas [...]

Hide and seek is a classic childhood game that requires no special toys, tools, or training whatsoever. All you need is a kid that can count and a space with some hiding spots. If you want to play hide and seek with a kid that you watch, you may want to consider the safety concerns [...]

Group babysitting is just like regular babysitting, but it involves multiple sitters looking over multiple children at once. Let’s say that your friend Amy takes care of the Torrin twins on the weekends and you happen to take care of the Lawrence sisters right down the street at the same time. You may be able [...]

As a babysitter, you are going to be much more approachable than a child’s parents are. You’re not “mom and dad.” You’re Bethany the badass babysitter (or whoever you may actually be). As a result of this approachability, you will probably be asked some awkward questions that you don’t know how to respond to. I’ll [...]

One of the worst aspects of being a babysitter is having to discipline a child. Some children never need to be disciplined because they are so well behaved. Those children are few and far between though. Chances are you will come across a time when you have to punish a child for lying. Little kids [...]

Most children develop imaginary friends at some point in time. Mine was Howard the duck, who happened to be the star of my favorite movie back in the day. I don’t even remember what that darn movie was about now, but I do remember talking to Howard when I was at home. If you have [...]

If you like babysitting well enough, you may consider becoming a nanny in the future. This is basically just a babysitter that works with a certain group of children every day of the week, rather than every once in a while. Not everyone is cut out to be a nanny, but some people find this [...]

If you watch over little kids that are in public school, they will most likely be putting together Valentines to give out to their classmates. Do you remember those things? They’re just little cards that all the kids give out to one another, usually with candy of some sort attached. I’m not totally sure what [...]

Different babysitters make different amounts of money based on the experience they have and the kinds of clients they work for. You may earn twice as much money as a kid in junior high just because you are older and more responsible. With this in mind, PayScale.com has compiled a list of babysitter salary statistics [...]

Most people assume that babysitting just involves putting a kid in front of a TV and getting paid to talk to other people on the phone or internet. That is far from the case. Babysitting is a job, and it is one that you should not abuse by any means. As tempting as it may [...]

If you have ever had to watch a new baby, you know that one of the hardest things to do with him or her is to get him or her to fall asleep. Babies will cry and cry and cry for what seems like hours until they wear themselves out enough to go to sleep. [...]

Making a fort is just one of those things that you have to plan to do as a babysitter. You don’t need a construction management degree to be able to create a living room fort out of couch cushions, but you do need to have a game plan. That way you can launch an effective [...]

On this blog, I rave a lot about the benefits that come along with babysitting in college, but I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned what it takes to actually become a good babysitter. The fact is that this job is not for everyone. You don’t necessarily have to be wonder mom to work well with [...]