Babysitting

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    Do you think you can handle babysitting? If you've done it, is it your kind of thing? Basically, are you a children person?
     
    I haven't babysit properly since I lived with my sister, and that was like 5-6 years ago. I think I've been left with school age kids at my friend's house a handful of times since then, but it didn't really feel like babysitting. It's certainly not something I'd seek out to do for money.

    I'm okay with kids? I don't see them enough to be super awesome at entertaining them. These days I tend to stay home when I'm not at work, and there aren't exactly kids on a university campus most days. *shrugs*
     
    I'm good with kids, and I've babysat a bunch in the past. How inclined I am to actually play with them depends on my mood tho.
     
    I used to babysit but I was always left with hyper kids or kids who didn't know better. Patience definetly is needed. I really don't mind watching children and certainly wouldn't mind being paid to do so. I see myself as a children person and eventually want my own somewhere down the line.
     
    I've done it in the past, although most of it was a neighbor being like "hey we want to go out to dinner tonight, would you mind watching our kids", and I already knew the kids so it's like, cool, we're all cool with each other and things were uneventful.

    So then I thought I was ready for other babysitting jobs, and then I found out that no I am definitely not good with kids at all, especially kids that are upset. Haven't tried babysitting at all since that night I realized it, since it's not worth the stress for me.
     
    Nope. I babysat only once in my life, and I had to have my mom help me. I'm good at being around kids, but it's not enough to look after them. I'm still somewhat of a kid myself mentally as well, so it's really hard for me to function well. I mean, it's not to say the kid I looked after was a terror... he was actually a really good kid and everything. It was more on me than it was him.
     
    I've babysat my brothers and cousins before and it's not too bad. I think I'm pretty good with kids actually so I don't mind it. Not to mention that it is easy money!
     
    I can handle babysitting just fine.

    The question is, can the baby I chucked out of the window from sheer fury handle it?

    okay maybe I'm not that riled by them but no, I do not want to spend my time with irritating children.
     
    i don't like children at all, not even babies. 1 baby pet peeve: "No, I would not like to hold your musky smelling, silly putty consistency baby thank you"
     
    I can handle it. With having a brother and younger cousins, I've gotten used to it. Though I haven't done it in a while. The last time I had to babysit was probably sometime during the summer. A lot of patience is needed.
     
    I haven't baby sat and I don't think I could to be honest. I'd probably end up playing with them and getting in on the chaos more than looking after them and providing a stable routine.
     
    I babysit my little brother all the time, and if I can handle a hyperactive, severely autistic kid, then I can handle anything, haha. I did quite a lot of babysitting for my mother's friends when I was younger as well, and I've done a fair bit of volunteering in schools, so I've had a lot of contact with children. I've never had any real issue with kids. Teenagers are another matter entirely, but kids? I quite enjoy looking after them, actually - we can play games, watch a movie, or they can do their own thing and I can read or something and just check up on them every now and then. It's an easy job and, a lot of the time, the pay was pretty good. Kids aren't that hard to manage.
     
    I definitely am not up for babysitting. I'm really not great with kids and I don't terribly like kids either.
     
    I'm a lifeguard so essentially I'm a babysitter that can swim
     
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