thyme4change
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Post by thyme4change on May 30, 2013 12:16:03 GMT -5
I once babysat for a couple who was going to the drive in. I fell asleep after midnight and was shaken awake when police knocked on the door in the morning. They went out to do a few robberies and were caught. That was it for me. Oh my! Thinking as the parent of the babysitter - were your parents freaking out that you didn't come home?
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mrsdutt
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Post by mrsdutt on May 30, 2013 19:45:57 GMT -5
I'm not sure if my mom was upset. I'm not even sure how she knew what house I was at. She came in with the police. (Good question.) I may have left an address with her. She didn't show any emotion.
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Anne_in_VA
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Post by Anne_in_VA on May 30, 2013 20:37:30 GMT -5
I started babysitting when I was about 13 for neighbors. My first real (w2) job was as a cashier at a grocery store. I earned more their working 15 - 20 hours per week than I did when I got my first job after graduating.
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cronewitch
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Post by cronewitch on Jun 1, 2013 19:23:14 GMT -5
I didn't babysit until I was 12 or 13 so not my first job. First job I was 7 and it was picking green beans, I did that until I was 16. Second job was delivering newspapers at 10. I don't know which was first babysitting job maybe my little cousin. She was napping and I was to get her dressed and watch her until the parents came home. I didn't know how to dress a toddler so would ask her what went on next. Then she kept pointing to the door and saying puppy so I would take her outside to pet her brother's new puppy, walk around the house and back in, and repeat every few minutes when she wanted to see the puppy. Now she is over 50 and has a farm full of animals and used to do the radio reports for the dog pound in her town. Her daughter was a rodeo princess and 4K kid now going to have a baby so the baby I babysat will be a grandmother.
Next babysitting job was 2 kids and a baby. I didn't actually know how to take care of a baby. The girl was 8 and knew everything so she got diapers and told me what to do with the used ones. The older boy had a speech problem so the sister told me what he was saying. The 8 year old was wonderful couldn't have done it without her help. Their mother had run off and left them so I think the 8 year old was filling most of the role of caregiver for the other kids.
I got better with the next group of 3 including a baby. The 5-6 year olds were total brats but I controlled them like nobody else ever were able to. When the parents came home I always reported they were perfect angels and the kids refused to allow any other babysitters. When I had problems with them I took care of the issue instead of getting them in trouble with parents. My brother had to watch them once because I wasn't available but they pulled all the brat stuff with him and he said never again.
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