Im 13 and i wont to babysit. But i dont know how to get the word out if there is a website i can go too.....?

Question

or some thing else. Plz help!!!!

Answer 1

Ask your parents friends with children. Then you get your business by word of mouth. I think 13 is a great age to start babysiting.

Answer 2

See if you can take a babysitting and CPR class first.

Print a flyer and leave it where you KNOW there are children living (not everywhere!). Put an ad on your church bulletin board. Put an ad on the "parent news" bulletin board at schools near your house. Same for the local YMCA or rec center. If you live in a small town put an ad on the grocery store bulletin board.

You can also volunteer to teach Sunday school and hand out your flyer to parents once you have gained their trust.

And, tell your friends that sit. Many of them may get multiple calls and may be willing to refer you.

Write up a little resume of yourself so you can think about your qualifications - i.e. passed CPR course, two younger siblings, know how to cook, and so on.

Answer 3

I was thinking about letting my sons half sister babysit for him and he's in her first year of college. That's only long enough for us to go to dinner alone one night. I haven't even got up enough nerve to do that. I don't htink I'd let a 13 year old watch my son. Sorry. Maybe if the child was older say 8 or 9. I dont know still feel shaky about it.

Answer 4

First you need to get certified by taking a babysitting class, and then put an ad in your local paper or tell older friends that have kids that if they ever needed someone to babysit you could probably help them out.

Answer 5

If your town has a website, it may have classified ads where you can post.

Some have said you're too young. It would help this impression if you took a babysitting course or at least had First Aid certification.

Answer 6

Maybe your parents have some friends with kids or you know some neighbors with younger kids. Maybe you should get to know them better and the kids..eventually they might ask you to babysit for them. Another good idea is to check out the newspapers for babysitting ops. Good luck and have fun!

Answer 7

Try putting adds in the paper. there might be a way to where you can get a babysitting license where you live, which will make parents feel better for you to babysit their kids. hope this helps.

Answer 8

1) Networking--tell your parents to tell their friends and neighbors

2) Make a flyer advertising your services and take copies around the neighborhood

3) Advertise in your neighborhood's newsletter (if there is one)

Take a babysitting training class and/or safety/first aid class and then you will have some trustworthy-looking credentials! These classes are often offered through local city governments.

BTW, 13 isn't too young to babysit.

Answer 9

Make flyers up and post them at local stores. With the store's permission of course. Go to the local college. There are a lot of single parents that go to school. Put an add in the local paper.

Answer 10

Web sites are too general, you need something that is in your local area.

Best place to start is your local church. Most have a youth group. I hope you are a member. They keep lists of kids who are willing to babysit and do other odd jobs like pet care, snow shoveling, etc. Parents call the leaders for names/phone numbers.

Fliers that you put in mailboxes around your neighborhood would help as would posting the flier in local stores. You could also try any daycare centers in your area - it is possible that parents ask for babysitting services for when the center is closed.