How To Choose a Good Babysitter

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Holding out for a cross between Mary Poppins and Mrs. Doubtfire may be aiming too high, but you don't have to settle for a surly teen either.

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A "Consent to Treat" form (optional) (optional) (optional)

Step 1: Ask around

Ask around. The best way to find a great babysitter is to ask friends and relatives for recommendations.

Step 2: Use community resources

Consult your local library, hospital, Red Cross, or YMCA for names of certified babysitters who've graduated from their childcare classes. They'll only recommend their best students and you'll know the person is trained to handle emergencies.

Step 3: Conduct interviews

Ask the babysitter tough questions about her background and what she would do in tough, hypothetical situations—like if a fire started or if your child was choking.

Step 4: Check references

Ask for references and call them. Be suspicious of anyone who can't provide any recent employers who can vouch for her.

Tip: Keep the contact info of all your top candidates, even if you don't wind up choosing them. That way you'll have a list of screened back-ups if your regular babysitter is unavailable.

Step 5: Let your kids be the judge

Make an excuse to leave the babysitters you are interviewing alone with your child for 20 minutes or so. When you re-enter the room, notice how your child is reacting to the potential sitter. Children are often more perceptive than adults.

Tip: Many emergency crews won't treat a minor in a parent's absence without a "Consent to Treat" form. Get one from your local police or fire department, sign it, and let the babysitter know where it is.

Step 6: Come home early

The first time you use a new sitter, come home 30 minutes before you said you would. This will give you a true idea of how things are, rather than of what the babysitter wants you to see.

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[keseytam]

i wouldn't hire a babysitter that her shirt says "everyone likes drunk girls"!- that is what her shirt says.

[duleekrauser]

why is it that all the other videos nowcast release to is about sex?

and then a babysitter video lol

[tcinque]

@Howcast OMG THE LIBARY YOU USED A LIBARY IN MY COUNTY!!!!!!!

[b0b0holic]

That. Baby. Was...ADORABLE.....*i want one now!

[SimplyGraceStyle]

Twenty minutes? That would be suspicious. Less than five minutes should be enough. More than that makes you seem like you're not dependable.

[horrorfan19962010]

AHAHAH!!!! the names of the babysitters on the fridge are names of people in horror movies!!! AHAHAHAAH

[u7alll]

@keseytam i would, only if she was hot d:

[u7alll]

they should make a

"how to stop ur teenage children from shagin and being naughty"

im having problems with that...

[diabloreventonf22]

whos the girl playing the babysitter?

[stoneific]

LOL BSC NAMES ON FRIDGE!!!

[amiablehacker]

Yikes. If parents watch this video, I better start practicing for my interview.

[Tressco]

Well, after overcoming sexual inhibitions and having a better female orgasm it's pretty damn time to call the babysitter...