Would you let someone without kids mind yours?

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I was contacted by someone yesterday needing a regular babysitter and after a brief conversation she said that I was nice enough but she did not feel comfortable leaving her children with me because I did not have any.

I have good childcare references, an enhanced CRB check, basic first aid/health and safety/food hygiene qualifcations, I work as a carer for the elderly so am obv patient and can deal will ickyness etc. So tbh I was quite taken aback. Especially as it would only have been 3 hours a week after school! I am 20 BTW.

Its not the end of my world, but it just surprised me! Is that a normal mum thing?

Hi MrsD,

I can't possibly believe that of you

You gotta be kidding HMC!

I used to look after kids sole charge before I was 20, and if I say so myself, I was fantastic - really interested in them, fun to be with, cheery, lots of energy, happy to plait hair/make dinners/run races with them. I'd be much less fun now!

That's great aloha. As I said I wasn't fantastic, far from it, so why should I expect anyone else to be any different? That's personal opinion, but I'm allowed one.

i use dot babysit at 16 in a newsagentn it was brill all the chcolate i could eat read all the magzines! teerible really used to stick the dimmy in oh wahts that stuff like thick ywasty and babe would sleeep! LOL!!!

VIROL thats it!

Mrs Doolittle, um, are you cross? If so, why? I didn't say anything at all about you.

You taking over form Cod, JoolsToo??

Sorry aloha, no I'm not cross.
Just thought you were disagreeing me directly, I wasn't going to bother going tit for tat.
I misunderstood you obviously. Maybe it's because you wear flip flops!!

LOl - i have the watierose deisease!

Riiiight

If it was necessary for people to already have children in order to competently care for them, then firstborns would never been allowed home from hospital!!

My favourite babysitters are a couple we are friends with who don't have children - it means they are free to come here in the evenings, apart from anything else.

Now I'm just talking about my own baby. Hell, I didn't trust myself with her when she first came home.
I don't mind what anyone else does.

I've just met dd1's prospective reception class teacher and she can't be much older than twenty. I don't know much about her but my friend who runs the feeder pre-school says she is fab. Have to admit I wouldn't have a teenager babysit but a twenty-year old is more than capable.