Sittercity Guide

Everyone wishes to protect their children from just about everything. This is the basics of parental instincts that come with having a child. This is not always easy to do because as parents we cannot always be there when we need to be. We can however, make some intelligent decisions when it comes to the protection of the children. This all comes into play when we consider who will do the babysitting when we will be away.

Thankfully there are a lot of choices in most cases, but sometimes even with a lot of choices it still seems to be very tough. After all, we do not want to leave the kids with someone who could do them harm or would not known what to do should the need for medical treatment arise. This means that parents make have to make some tough choices when it comes to the child and the babysitter that is chosen.

Many times we will look to our family for the babysitting job. The most common choice would be the grandparents but that may not always be the wisest choice in certain circumstances. This is not a cause for hurting anyone’s feelings for sure, but you wish to protect the babysitter as much as you would the child that is being taken care of. The age of the grandparents is the real determining factor when it comes to the babysitting idea.

Grandparents who are of the higher ages will not be as well equipped to deal with a child as would someone who is a bit younger. This is a common mistake that so many people make when you consider the fact that they leave the child in the hands of someone that loves them dearly but cannot handle the somewhat extreme situations that may come up when there is an issue with the child.

Bear in mind that a child can have an accident at any time and not be the fault of anyone. Will the grandparents be able to handle the child’s accident without jeopardizing their own health and safety? That is the big question that you need to be asking yourself. There is also the issue of the age of the child that should be taken care of. Very young children, like infants are easier to sit for because they do very little, but once they become a toddler the grandparents may not be able to keep up with them.

If you are choosing someone outside the family that you are not familiar with you should take the time to check out everything about the person. For one thing you should ask about the experience they have in dealing with children the age of yours. If they do not have any then you need to move on to the next candidate. The person that you choose should have at least one year experience with the same age group of children. Then you should also ask for as many references as they have to provide. Take the time to actually call the references, not just look at them.