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Babysitting guide: tips for parents including how to find a sitter, pay and rates, and safety. Also includes tips for babysitters like games, activities, and more.
There are 16 videos in this series:
Learn tips on finding and choosing a babysitter and what qualities to look for when selecting for a babysitter, from a professional nanny in this free children's video.
Learn tips on how to leave emergency contact numbers and information for babysitters, from a professional nanny in this free children's video.
Learn tips on determining a wage, salary, or what to pay a babysitter, from a professional nanny in this free children's video.
Learn tips and ideas for indoor and outdoor games for the babysitter to play with the kids, from a professional nanny in this free children's video.
Learn tips and ideas for crafts and other creative activities for the babysitter and kids while babysitting.
Learn tips for babysitters on feeding the kids while babysitting, from a professional nanny in this free children's video.
Learn tips on regulating TV time and expectations for watching television while babysitting, from a professional nanny in this free children's video.
Learn tips about the using the phone and keeping the babysitter off the phone while babysitting, from a professional nanny in this free children's video.
Learn what to pack for kids when staying with a babysitter, from a professional nanny in this free children's video.
Learn tips on building and maintaining a good relationship and trust with your babysitter, from a professional nanny in this free children's video.
Learn tips on background checks and getting more information about your babysitter, from a professional nanny in this free children's video.
Learn tips about reading a story while babysitting, from a professional nanny in this free children's video.
Learn tips on making outings with the kids while babysitting.
Learn tips on babysitting safety, from a professional nanny in this free children's video.
Learn tips on dealing with temper tantrums and other forms of bad behavior while babysitting, from a professional nanny in this free children's video.
Learn tips on creating a babysitting co-op, with shared babysitting duties, from a professional nanny in this free children's video.
So you’ve got plans for a romantic evening out of the house, away from the kids, but what should you expect when leaving a babysitter in charge of your children and home? Would you trust your niece or nephew to make the right decision in an emergency more than you would a professional babysitting service? Babysitting is a job traditionally performed by teenagers with some relation to the family. Of course this is also a stereotypical setting for dozens of horror films, but it doesn’t have to be the terrifying scenario for parents it’s often portrayed to be.
In this series of video clips you’ll get tips and advice that will make your evening out worry-free. What qualities should you look for when choosing a babysitter? How much should you pay a babysitter? What emergency contact numbers should you leave behind? What about a fire safety plan, or how to deal with temper tantrums and other types of bad behavior? Expert Aisha Puri offers ideas for games and creative crafts, as well as suggestions that will help you build and maintain a good relationship with your sitter.
Aisha Puri Aisha Puri is presently a full time nanny and has been working with children for the past 11 years. Aisha is certified in infant and toddler training along with CPR and first aid. <BR />Aisha’s passion for caring for children began in her mother’s daycare called Educare. At Educare she worked with four year olds and then later on branched out and began working with elementary age children. Aisha has worked for before and after school care along with being a preschool teacher.<BR />dkdk
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