How do I tell The lady I babysit for she is giving me to many kids to handle?

Question

I am only 15 and the lady I babysit for is giving me 5 kids to babysit.It is overwhelming.How do I tell her?

Answer 1

Well, first did you start out babysitting that many kiddo's or are they friends and relatives home for the holidays.

This lady is taking advantage of your availability.

I would suggest that you find a friend that can come hang out and help you, tell the lady that you've invited your friend to help you because their are more kids than you feel you can handle.

Inform her that you will be paying her out of your pocket, but that you will require her to pay for all 5 children, not whatever you started with. And then split the pay with your friend.

Answer 2

You need to be straight with her and tell her how many you can handle. I have five kids of my own and there is no way I would expect a fifteen year old to handle five kids.
If you still want to babysit for this lady then maybe ask her if you can get a friend over to help and ask for a bit more money as you would then have to split it with your friend?
Good luck!

Answer 3

5 kids? I couldn't cope with 5 kids, and I'm a good bit older than you.Either get a friend in to help you, or tell this lady nicely that you are worried for the safety of the kids as there are too many of them for you to look after.What do your parents have to say about this? I wouldn't be happy with the situation, it's too much responsibility for you.You seem a mature 15 year old, but I know how busy kids can be.Best of luck.

Answer 4

Tell her that sometimes you find it challenging to entertain and supervise 5 children all at the same time. If you still want to babysit for her and the kids really like you and stuff, you could ask her if you could bring a friend to help.

Answer 5

Be confident, and professional, yet gentle and respectful.

Mention that assigning five kids to one person at once is more dangerous, and puts the kids at a greater risk of running into trouble.

Tell her, "If it's an impossible inconvenience, then nevermind- but I'm just finding that taking care of five children at once is too much for me to handle"

EXPLAIN why it is too much for you too handle. Perhaps you could describe how one goes wondering off making messes while you are trying to put two of them to bed, and then the other begins to do this and that and such.

Be sure to suggest something in particular, like "Would it be possible for me to take care of 2 or 3 of them at a time instead?"

Don't be afraid. You have every right to request something like this.

Just don't 100% expect her to say yes. And be polite.

Answer 6

Start charging her per child per hour...that'll sort it out ;) Think about what you were happy with then add proportionately the extra children. its fair, dont feel bad about it. Set a limit. How many are you comfortable with. Any extras add a lot more money to make up for the stress. If the person your babysitting for isnt happy with it, they can reduce the number of children you are babysitting. Happy Days!
It sounds like they are taking advantage of you.

Answer 7

You just need to be upfront and honest with her (as soon as possible), before something happens. Perhaps you could find a friend or relative that you trust to work with you and you could offer her that alternative, with her paying the extra person of course. 5 children is generally the legal limit for ADULT licensed day care providers, that is certainly too much to expect a 15 yr old to handle easily (not knocking your capabilities at all!). Good luck

Answer 8

Just sit her down and say
"Um..I'm sorry to tell you this but I think 5 kids is too much to handle for me because they won't all listen to me and they are all very active, it is very overwhelming and stressful (or another reason) But I can probably handle it with another person or 3 kids and under(or another number)."

Answer 9

You need to have a frank conversation with her about your concerns. Also it might not be legal for you to be caring for 5 children on you own at once anyway I know in my area one person caring for more then three children under the age of three is not allowed unless they are all your own.

Answer 10

"Babysitting 5 children is very overwhelming for me. I just don't feel like I can appropriately care for all 5 children by myself. We need to discuss an alternative."