tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post1921373812994185326..comments2024-03-28T17:12:01.740-04:00Comments on Face to Face: America says "so long" to the babysitteragnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-13524633367729402242010-07-19T18:50:05.121-04:002010-07-19T18:50:05.121-04:00Excellent post!Excellent post!Lugashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-25073442958680601972010-03-10T13:21:59.585-05:002010-03-10T13:21:59.585-05:00Okay, funny babysitter story.
My son was about 7 ...Okay, funny babysitter story.<br /><br />My son was about 7 and I hired a 14 year old to watch him for the evening. She played video games with him, etc. Anyway, he asked me when she could come again. He went on to tell me how much he liked her. <br /><br />His exact words, "She is so young and sweet and pretty. She is nothing like you." <br /><br />It was the most hilariously honest yet innocent thing I had ever heard.<br /><br />All of the babysitters I now use are the children of family friends so there is no suspicion one way or the other. I also pay a lot, so I have no trouble getting them to sit. Boys make good babysitters, too, especially if your kids are boys.<br /><br />When my sons were infants I only left them with my personal friends or their mothers, never any strangers. <br /><br />I think there may be a decline in babysitting by non-family members. The Asians and hispanics on my street have so many extended family members that they always have family available to sit with the kids.sgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-17909494740181898852010-03-10T11:25:21.952-05:002010-03-10T11:25:21.952-05:00It's less about babysitters as it has become a...It's less about babysitters as it has become about having a nanny these days. High school and college age girls can't get paid enough to bother with babysitting. I'm a nanny an get paid $20-40 an hour plus perks like box seats, free flights to vacation spots, food, etc.anoukangenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-9256268537167134472010-03-06T13:03:23.444-05:002010-03-06T13:03:23.444-05:00That's a good point, one that I forgot to addr...That's a good point, one that I forgot to address -- the lack of trust on the babysitter's side, not just on the parents' side. Kind of like doctors wanting to practice less due to greater risk of getting sued for malpractice.<br /><br />This would have to apply to all groups of potential babysitters, not just white teenagers, or else those who were trusting would get the job. But the fall in trust is very broad, so I think it works.<br /><br />There was paranoia not just from parents about babysitters but also from babysitters about parents. That social history book has examples of pop culture stuff where the babysitter is increasingly afraid of the brats, the come-ons of the husband, etc., during the '90s.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-87681684519006075852010-03-06T08:46:36.251-05:002010-03-06T08:46:36.251-05:00I'm wondering ... could many teenagers be less...I'm wondering ... could many teenagers be less willing to babysit because they're concerned that helicopter parents will wrongly accuse them of neglecting/abusing the children?<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-10737747870614848522010-03-04T14:45:37.168-05:002010-03-04T14:45:37.168-05:00That was a lovely post.That was a lovely post.jm_kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543096755366914223noreply@blogger.com