'Out Of Gas'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
From that article:
England's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children actually states no one under the age of 16 should be allowed to babysit!
I was babysitting at 12, and a busy babysitter, at that. I know that from what I've heard from coworkers and friends, most teen girls are done babysitting by the time they go to high school at 14.
I was babysitting at twelve, too! Sometimes for infants!
I, too, was babysitting by 12 and done by around 15. After that I had other plans on weekends, and I generally couldn't on weeknights. My sister did more than I did--she was an au pair for several summers...high school summers. 14-16 or so.
Crazy, there are totally 12 year olds I'd trust to babysit a toddler... and 20 year olds I wouldn't.
England's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children actually states no one under the age of 16 should be allowed to babysit!
What about a 15 year old that has a kid? It's not unheard of. Are they for taking those babies away?
I'd like to see the legal statutes for that "caution" case. It just screams idiocy to me.
At 14, I was a live-in babysitter for my cousin. She had a six year old, a three year-old and a one year-old. I watched them while she and her husband worked second shift at a factory--from 3 in the afternoon until 11 o'clock at night. I couldn't drive--they lived out in the country. I cooked them dinner, bathed them and put them in bed. AND got up with them in the morning so their parents could sleep in.
I remember one time babysitting (14 I think), I put the infant to sleep and took the other kid outside to toss a ball, but the door locked behind me.
I went to a neighbor and called the parents who directed me to another neighbor with a spare housekey and got back into the house.
I felt so bad I never babysitted again, the parents were actually very pleased because I handled the crisis.
What about a 15 year old that has a kid? It's not unheard of.
Presumably her parents could be *cautioned* for leaving her home alone to get pregnant.
Also, what Gud said.
Doesn't the sentence fragment "in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in Haiti" smack, at best, of sloppy construction?
I'm more struck by the ignorance of geography.