I wrote How to be the Most Fun, Most Requested Babysitter so you could learn in a few weeks what took me years to learn through trial and error.

I show you what to do so that children will think you are the Most Fun babysitter. I show you how to impress parents so that you will be the Most Requested babysitter.

I teach you babysitting from two perspectives. I show you from a babysitter’s point of view what I learned that made me pretty good at what I did. I also show you from a mother’s point of view what parents expect from their babysitters and what babysitters can do to make a good impression.

Among the things I’ll teach you are:

How old should I be to start babysitting?
This is a popular question. In my book I explain that ability and responsibility are more important than age, and I give you an interview. If you answer my questions to my satisfaction (and I give you all the answers), then I would consider you mature enough to babysit.

How much should I charge?
That depends on 10 things you should consider when deciding your fee. I also teach you how to negotiate your fee and show you the one thing you must never do when discussing your fee.

How do I find customers?
I show you the cheapest, easiest and most effective way to market yourself. I also tell you a story about what two clever babysitters did to get as much business as they could handle.

I also show you:

• 7 steps to build self-confidence
• The #1 best way to keep track of appointments
• The most impressive way to accept, turn down, and cancel an appointment
• The best way to find out and remember important details about your customers and their children. (Please don’t babysit without doing this.)
• How to look smart when your customer rattles off important instructions
• 6 tools to make you look and feel more prepared
• The key to success – this is the one thing that is common to every tool and skill used by successful babysitters. Every parent wants their babysitter to know this!
• 9 ways to “go the extra mile” and really shine as a babysitter
• How SpaghettiOs inspired me to be the kind of babysitter parents (and their kids) loved
• How to deal with making mistakes
• Why smart babysitters know how to party
• A fun and effective way to get kids to clean
• 3 ways you can benefit by reading to children
• 5 steps to potty-train a child
• 50 activities to keep kids entertained and out of trouble
• How to do hair design and fingernail painting. The girls you babysit will consider you the best babysitter ever, and the parents will be impressed with your talent and the extra attention you give their children.
• 18 “tips” to impress parents that will help you get more business and make more money
• 6 ways to get a fussy baby to go to sleep – something every babysitter will face
• How to take care of diaper rash
• What you need to know about seizures and what to do should one happen
• What you need to know about babysitting children with disabilities
• 16 mistakes you should never make
• First-aid advice

Improve behavior

The last few chapters of my book deal with improving child behavior – particularly, how to increase good behavior and decrease bad behavior. Children don’t come with instruction manuals, and most people, both young and old, have questions when confronted with bad child behavior – like, “what do I do now?” or “what was I thinking when I wanted to have children?” Many people throw their hands up in despair when children repeatedly behave badly.

There is a way you can turn bad behavior into good behavior and I explain it in a simple, understandable, easy-to-do way. No psychological mumbo jumbo. Just practical advice that has worked for me and many others.

You will learn:

• The one, most effective way to inspire good behavior – so simple you won’t believe it
• What not to do – common things people do that actually encourage misbehavior
• 3 powerful steps to stop bad behavior
• How to deal with and eliminate tantrums

Here is part of an email I received from Tamara, a mother who used the information in this book to change her children’s behavior:

I just wanted to say thank you for writing an amazing book.  I’m a 30-something year old mother of two myself, and the section ‘How to Inspire Good Behavior’ has been pure gold for me.

My almost-four-year-old son had started really acting out against his almost-two-year-old brother.  He would shove him to the ground, clothesline him as he ran by, pound on him with his trains if he messed up the train track… it was really bad.

I found your book online and bought it. Within days of starting a steady diet of praise for the fleeting moments of good behavior, we literally had two new children.  I was absolutely astonished at how incredibly quickly it worked; it made me realize how terribly starved for praise my son must have been.

Thank you – from the bottom of my heart – for giving me new tools to bring out the best in my kids. After helping his brother onto the sit-n-spin and spinning around for a few turns, my older son stopped and gave him the sweetest hug.  I was shocked at the time, but this sort of thing has become the norm in the last few weeks.  I feel so lucky.

Interestingly enough, this eBook, originally meant for babysitters, has become a lifesaver for parents.

I’ve stuffed years of learning and experience into 182 pages of this easy-to-read book. It’s full of examples, stories, cute pictures – everything to make it a fun read.

Whew! I’m done. I’ve done everything I can think of to convince you to download and read this book. I’ve given you samples from the book in my blog, told you what to expect from the book, and introduced myself and my motives. You know this is a good book or you wouldn’t have read this far. You can download this book right now for only

$9.00

Really. What are you waiting for? If you are a babysitter or soon to become a babysitter, you should download and read this book. Looking back, I wish I had it when I was a babysitter.

How the download works: Upon clicking the “Buy Now” button, you will be taken to a secure PayPal website and asked to do the following:

1. Enter credit card information.
2. Click “Return to merchant”.
3. Click “Save” to save the eBook to your desktop or folder.

You’ll also be sent an email with a link to the download page. 

How to view the eBook: Go to where you saved the eBook on your computer. Double-click on that file name. If it does not display, you may need to install  Adobe Reader on your computer. You can install it for free by going to: http://get.adobe.com/reader/.