My daughter will be 16 in May and has been asked by neighbours to baby sit for their 2 daughters ages 5 and 7. I was delighted, she has been looking, unsucessfully, for a part time job to supplement the money i give her. Her father, who now refuses to have the girls to stay, because i had the audacity to go to the csa) has vetoed the whole idea and not only is he refusing to let her babysit, he has now informed me that if i leave her with her 11 year old sister, he will report me to social services for neglect...I am not particularly worried about that (i'm sure SS have much more pressing concerns) but i'm not sure now whether she can legally babysit..what if anything went wrong...who would be held responsible...maybe a bit gloom and doom but just wondered if anyone knew the actual legal position....