So you decide to take an offered babysitting position. Babysitting can be a difficult job whether you have experience or not. First, you should set up a meet and greet with the parents and child or children depending on how many kids you are going to babysit. So you have an idea of how the child or children act. That also shows the parents that you are dedicated to getting to know their children.…
The summer before my senior year I began my first job. I was a counselor at a summer camp, called Camp Commotion. It took place at my church and was a 10 week program for kids in kindergarten to sixth grade. Being 17, I was the youngest employee of the 27 staff members, everyone else was in college or older. The camp was made up of a theater, gym, and 6 rooms for the different activities, like cooking, sports, crafts, etc.…
When I was fourteen years old, I got my first babysitting job. I thought I was on top…
The Second World War started a new beginning for childcare in Canada. What is known today as the Day Nursery Act wasn’t without trial and tribulation, nor was it first known as the Day Nursery Act. The Dominion-Provincial War Time Agreement was the first agreement that was made available in 50% cost sharing to the provinces to support child care programs for children whose mothers were working in essential wartime industries (Child Care Canada, 2011). Only two provinces saw the advantage of this program, Ontario and Quebec with most childcare centres being found in Toronto, Ontario.…
The babysitters program is to raise money to pay off all debts in my high school. I have to pay loads of money and if the school doesn’t receive their payment I will not be able to graduate in 2019. This is why you are very big supporters, so I can accomplish my goal in the Medical Field as a doctor. After high school I plan to study hard being familiar with diseases and common illness. And maybe if I raise and save enough money I can go to a mission trip in Africa and help out there as a doctor.…
I am certified through eighth grade but have always loved teaching little kids. I look forward to seeing them every morning and hearing about the things that happened at their house the night before if I do not already know. I get phone calls at night all the time from parents asking me to tell their kid to clean their room, go to bed, not argue with their brothers and sisters, etc.…
Classroom Hypnotization In a small town in Okeechobee, Florida the was a daycare called Shining Young Stars. In this daycare we care for children ages of 3 and one half to 5 years. We only have a select amount of children attending this year, I guess you could say it is one of our slow years with the amount of children we have. Were also low on teachers or some would call us babysitters, but we prefer not to be called a babysitter because we educate children not just watch them.…
To become a lifeguard one must go through extensive training, training includes important things like how to safely rescue someone and how to do CPR. If lifeguards are required to learn these things then why shouldn’t babysitters have to? A babysitting class teaches babysitters important things like CPR, the heimlich maneuver, and even little things like how to properly change a diaper or warm up milk. These things can make a difference in whether a child lives or dies in the hands of a babysitter. With these skills a babysitter would become much more qualified to watch a child.…
When a child first enters the classroom, unless they attended daycare, it's their first time away from home for an extended period of time. Sharing a classroom with a bunch of other children with different personalities can be overwhelming. Additionally, your child is away from the comfort zone, you. This is enough to make any child develop a significant level of anxiety and homesickness. In order to help your child adjust to their new environment, there are a few things you can do as a parent.…
Between babysitting and my job at Toys R Us, I constantly find myself around children. As I’ve been told by teachers and band directors, I know I must act as an example so these kids strive for greatness. Rather than give into my inner demons and walk away from such opportunity, I give advice and direction to curious children who approach me. It’s a surreal moment when I tell children that although school isn’t the most pleasant or easy, it’s definitely worth all the stress and pain to be able to look back at end the school year and appreciate all of one’s accomplishments. I certainly remember this when I’m in marching band and find myself exhausted and struggling to stay motivated throughout the endless rehearsals.…
Denise I do agree with you that parent’s use technology to babysit their children. With the mass information that is sent out each day, who knows what are children are watching. Just the other day I was watching a children’s channel on TV with my niece. I noticed that every other commercial represents junk food? Companies do an outstanding job selling their products in the most entertaining way.…
Children act out for a variety of reasons, but as they grow older, their actions might reflect an ongoing developmental or mental issue. According to Zagel et al. , (2013), a mother working full-time before their child's age of eighteen months encountered unfavourable developmental consequences compared to other mothers who were working part-time or were unemployed. However, the negative effects were dependent on type and quality of non-maternal childcare used by working mothers (Zagel et al., 2013). There are also some other factors associated with negative emotional and behavioural outcomes such as social factors, including benefits receipt, housing tenure, maternal education and also maternal depression, anxiety and everyday stressors (Zagel…
Today’s world runs a 24-hours, 7 days a week economy and the feminization of the workforce has created difficulties for working parents to balance work life and family time. Work life balance concerns can have a negative effect on work performance. The emotional stress related to finding the right balance can be difficult for both parents and children. Traditionally, parents select one of two options for providing care for their children; either relying on family members to raise their children, or placing their children in public daycares. While it may be comforting to have family members provide daily care for their children, it can be burdensome therefore creating many challenges including reliability.…
Think of how responsible your children are. Eventually every parent is faced with a situation on when your child is old enough to babysit or stay home alone. Mostly because children mature at different rates there is no pre-set age on when to let your kids alone. The national safe kids campaign says not to leave kids alone until age of 12 and don't let kids babysit till age 15 or older.…
My First Time Babysitting It was a dark rainy Friday evening, school just let out for the weekend and I was free except I still had one thing to do left, as I was doing a weird walk jog across the campus while trying not to get soaked just to get to the main building, as my phone started to make this weird ringing noise and obviously I got a bunch of looks. When I looked at my phone I saw that my dad was calling me and when I answered my dad told me not to walk home in the rain and just wait it out. Once I got to the main high school building, I walked through the maze of hallways and lockers, and finally just finally I made it to the front of the building. It was still pouring down rain when I looked out of the window, by this time the storm was almost through…