Friday, October 22, 2010

Few Important Qualities of a Babysitter

Babysitter is a person, who provides care for children in the absence of parents. Parents appoint them according to requirement. They work on short term basis. Generally, their job description is related to child-care. There are few qualities of a babysitter, such as:
  • Babysitter should have minimum 18 years of age and she has to pass all pre-screening requirements to work as a babysitter and she should have such pre-screening test certificates.
  • Babysitters has to spend their time wisely by engaging the children in meaningful activities which are suited to their age. She is able to divert the child’s attention from watching TV or playing video games to perform meaningful activities or to study well. They should have the ability to communicate them and convince them.
  • Highly qualified babysitters can handle the children at any age or gender.
  • A professional babysitter should be aware of first aid kit and how to do first aid, because it is useful in emergency situation.
  • Babysitter should have the ability to create positive influence on children.
  • She should treat a home as a professional work place, she needs to use their cell phones or land lines in case emergency.
  • She should not leave children in absence of parents, if the appointed time is up and at that time she has to inform to agency about the situation.
  • A professional babysitter should try to get a positive feed back from clients to maintain a positive track of references.
  • She needs to ask the compensation according to her qualifihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifcation and experience, geographical area.
These are the important qualities of babysitter. Parents should make sure about these qualities of babysitter before hiring.


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