I’m a 30-something year old mom raising 6 children. 3 boys and 3 girls. I do a lot of juggling with my time, keeping up with my children’s baseball, basketball, piano lessons, dance lessons, school and tons of other activities. I hardly get a moment for cooking, cleaning, shopping, bill paying, gardening, home repairing… and an occasional well deserved break from EVERYTHING! I hope my husband is reading this.
I’m the oldest of 6 children. I started my babysitting career as a “mother’s helper” – MY mother. I’d help change diapers, feed, bathe, and play with the younger children. The pay wasn’t great, but the experience made me smart. Smart enough to become a babysitter for neighbors who would pay me. Some of them paid me well – even gave me bonuses. But I was pretty good, doing things that other babysitters hadn’t figured out. Parents liked me. Their children liked me. I don’t tell you this to impress you but to let you know there are things you can do to make that happen.
Parents are always looking for a good babysitter, and when they find one they can trust and not worry about, and one their children love, they want to keep that babysitter, even if it means paying a little bit more. But those types of babysitters don’t come along very often. I know – I’m a mom who hires babysitters. Trust me. Moms are always looking for the “perfect” babysitter and consider themselves fortunate when they find one. I want YOU to be that babysitter.
The Idea that is Going to Change the World
If I dump what’s in my brain into a book, then young people can learn what I know, and what other parents want their babysitters to know. By practicing on other people’s kids, babysitters learn to become better parents themselves. And if I teach good customer service skills, young teens can take what they learn from babysitting and apply it to jobs other than babysitting.
There are four things I want to accomplish. You can say I’m on a mission to:
- Show babysitters customer service skills they can use in both babysitting AND other jobs
- Show babysitters how to become better parents
- Provide “perfect” babysitters for parents all over the world
- Make you the most fun, most requested babysitter in your neighborhood
You are about to enter an exciting adventure. I know. I’m still living it.