Often when people make the choice to become a nanny or a nanny, their friends will suggest that they get a “real” job. But babysitting and nannying are real jobs with real paychecks. For in this state one can make decent money if they know what they are doing. As a mother with experience in babysitting, nannying, and many other jobs, I can tell you first hand that looking after children is indeed a job, and a hard one at that.
While browsing the internet forum, I was surprised to see how many people think that taking care of children is not a real job. In one babysitting forum, a babysitter is frustrated because her friends are nagging her to get a “real” job. Her friends represented her as someone who just plopped the kids in front of the television and called it a day, which was not the case at all. He should not explain himself when he knew that it was not what he did. Other babysitters began to agree and posted about similar experiences.
In another online forum, there were people discussing why they thought babysitters weren’t paid very well. I was surprised to see that the parents were not very good at arranging babysitters. In my mind I tried to rationalize how a parent could believe this. If anyone understands the value of sitting, surely parents of children understand. Unfortunately, in this market there were only two parents who valued marriage. Most of the offspring were parents, which made me sad.
He who caring for children does not value his own, unless he is respected. This person takes on the duties of being a responsible parent. Many sitters go above and beyond what they are asked to do, simply because they gain a love for their children over time and enjoy those things, and even spend time with them.
Babysitters are required to diaper changes, prepare meals, clean crops, organize activities, babysit, and prepare children. during nap time or bedtime, and much more. For he is not a parent, but because he is a parent, he must do it. They chose to have and raise this child. Your child did not sit still, so these are services that should be performed and evaluated.
Parents naturally know how difficult it is to perform these duties. Why, how fair is it to render to others responsibilities which you know are hard, and to despise them and not recognize them, because you cannot do something there and then? That seems to me to be a double standard. If you trusted this person enough to watch your children, you must have seen something special about the person. Otherwise, why would you want to hire them to babysit your children?
There are babysitting and nannying jobs. They are hard jobs. Get it from the person who serves the small check in retail. Watching children is still harder than any “real” job I’ve ever had. Appreciate your stepmother if you don’t already.
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