Maybe a few decades ago you could just hire the girl on the street to take care of your kids, but nowadays parents have to be much more careful. At best, it can be unpleasant to have a poor babysitter, and at worst, disastrous.
A woman named Katie says she left her three young children with a babysitter and returned home with three drunken teenagers. They had cleaned most of a vodka bottle and left some empty ones in the trash.
Teri recounts how she got home to find that the thermostat went up to 85 and that the 5-month-old was wearing several shirts, three pairs of pants, and a jacket. Although told that it is dangerous to overheat children, the same babysitter later made the child half naked with the oven on and open and the stove burners on.
One person, now an adult, remembers that when he bit a child, the babysitter bit him and made him bleed. Another babysitter smoked and yelled at the children constantly. He kept forcing the boy to go outside, but it was a wooded area with lots of snakes and spiders and the boy was always afraid to be alone.
Susan relates that she hired a babysitter for her four children. A few weeks later, she received her phone bill and there were $ 60 charges for phone pornography services – calls made by that same babysitter.
It can be even worse than this. A nanny put two young sisters on her plane and threatened to kick them out. You see, james [name changed] He sexually abused the sisters until one was 12 years old and the other 10 years old. It wasn’t until the oldest was transported by her mother to enroll in high school that she finally told her mother not to hire James anymore because he had been touching them inappropriately for years. As soon as they got home, the mother immediately called the police.
Of course, there are many reliable babysitters, but our children are the most important in our lives. We cannot risk your well-being; we should know that those who care for them are conscientious, experienced, loving and fun. It can be much safer to hire a babysitter through an agency. A quality agency evaluates its assistants and makes sure they are certified in CPR / First aid. The agency also ensures that caregivers are experienced in caring for various ages and conditions.
Unless children absolutely insist on watching TV for hours, good caregivers also entertain children with toys, books, or games. They are not perfect, no human being is, but they love children and they love what they do. An agency also usually costs more, but how much are our children worth and how important is their safety?
