Babysitters Club

Hey, Sister!

Courtney and Carley swap opinions on the 5 Ws of babysitting: who makes a great sitter, what’s the going rate, where do you find the ideal babysitter, when to connect with a babysitter, and why utilizing a babysitter is essential. Recommendations for how to make a babysitter more comfortable as well as features of babysitters that “wow” parents are also discussed. This is the fourth episode in the summer hot topics series, airing June-July 2022.

Call to Action:

Book a babysitter this week! Share what you did with your kid-free time with us on social media. We’d love to hear.

Referenced Episodes:

32 It Takes a Village // Beth Ann Sands

35 Fast Friends

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Resources:

Average pay for babysitters by state (Parents.com)

Care.com

Show Timeline:

0:00 Introduction of topic, announcements

4:30 Love of babysitting from youth, why babysitters are important

5:45 Who: the criteria for babysitters

8:15 Where: the search for babysitters, locations to use babysitters

13:15 What: the going rate for a sitter

18:00 When: other occasions to involve/support babysitters

19:45 How: driving a babysitter for pick-up/drop-off, equipping babysitters with essential information (home address, house rules, phone numbers, reminders)

23:45 Wow: impressive traits of babysitters, basic expectations of babysitters, above and beyond care

28:45 Call to action, concluding thoughts, outtakes