At what age do you think children are able to stay alone and also at what age do you think that they can babsit their siblings?
We paid two 13 year old sitters last weekend to watch our kids for 4 hours. Before I even walked out the door, one of the sitters dropped Zoe into the sink in our laundry room. It was an accident. She squirmed when being changed and fell in...but I nearly didn't go out...
Then, Amanda called us to tell us that Zoe had cried and cried, that the girls had gotten tired of holding her, so they'd just put her up in her bed to cry. Amanda ended up sitting upstairs in the bedroom they share and playing with her. She said she sat alone up there with Zoe all evening and no one came up to check on her.
The girls sat with Andrew, Alex and Aidan and played wii.
We've used the one main sitter before on multiple occasions (without leaving Zoe with her) and she has two babysitting *degrees* (courses through community ed) under her belt and comes from a big family. She came recommended.
There just are no older sitters...they are all to busy with their activities.
At what age is it appropriate to have the older children stay with the younger ones (obviously, we'd have to take Zoe with us).
kris
We paid two 13 year old sitters last weekend to watch our kids for 4 hours. Before I even walked out the door, one of the sitters dropped Zoe into the sink in our laundry room. It was an accident. She squirmed when being changed and fell in...but I nearly didn't go out...
Then, Amanda called us to tell us that Zoe had cried and cried, that the girls had gotten tired of holding her, so they'd just put her up in her bed to cry. Amanda ended up sitting upstairs in the bedroom they share and playing with her. She said she sat alone up there with Zoe all evening and no one came up to check on her.
The girls sat with Andrew, Alex and Aidan and played wii.
We've used the one main sitter before on multiple occasions (without leaving Zoe with her) and she has two babysitting *degrees* (courses through community ed) under her belt and comes from a big family. She came recommended.
There just are no older sitters...they are all to busy with their activities.
At what age is it appropriate to have the older children stay with the younger ones (obviously, we'd have to take Zoe with us).
kris
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