Help Advice needed about Babysitting

[Holly102]

I have a teenager who babysits locally for a few of my friends, so they all know each other.
He has been asked to babysit for two families on the same night. Usually he would do first ask first get. However, one asked him directly and he said he thinks that he can but he would need to check with me.

Then I got a text this morning to see whether he could do it for someone who he babysits for a lot more frequently and is probably more friendly with on the same evening.
He has just started babysitting for the other family so doesn't want to look bad.

What would you do? How would you approach the situation?

Sorry I’m totally confused by your post. Are you saying that he’s agreed to babysit for you and is asking if you still need him? Your post seems to imply that he on,y babysits for your friends.

I think it's the OPs son?

I think he should babysit for the first family that asked.

He should sit for the one he's agreed to sit for and let the other one know straight away that he's not free.

If he says yes then changes his mind they won't ask him again. But there's no obligation always to be free for someone just because he's sat for them in the past

You should also encourage your friends to ask him direct and get him to coordinate his own commitments. You're not his agent!

Have you got two threads running?

He should stick to his original commitment, in my opinion.