Babysitting is the practice of temporarily caring for a child on behalf of the child's parents. Childcare (also written child care and babycare is the act of caring for and supervising minor Children (In Australia Daycare is referred Babysitting is most commonly performed as an odd job by teenagers for extra money, stereotypically, but not necessarily, girls. House work is a specific work required to be done as a Duty or for a specific Fee, related to or used in the running of a Household. Babysitting can be quite lucrative in some countries, but rates vary considerably according to the location. According to Runzheimer International's Mobility Report, average hourly rates in September 2005 in the United States of America are $6. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 04. In New York City, the average is $11. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous 08, whereas in some places in the U. S. , the average is $2. 90. [1] Babysitters are often employed on Friday and Saturday nights when parents wish to go out. A babysitter is distinguished from a nanny by the term of employment; while some parents may have a regular babysitter "on retainer," so to speak, the sitter is normally contracted one night at a time. A nanny is a person who looks after the child or children of one family in the child's home Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A retainer agreement is Work for hire contract intermediate between simple contracting and direct employment but essentially still contracting
The term "baby-sit" (from "baby" plus the agent form of "sit") first appeared in 1937, and its short-form "sitter" is attested from 1943. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The use of the word "sit" to abbreviate "to baby-sit" is recorded from 1800. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. The term probably originated from the action of the caretaker "sitting with" the baby in one room, while the parents were entertaining or busy in another.
The American Red Cross offers a babysitters' safety course. The American Red Cross (also known as the American National Red Cross) is a humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance disaster relief and education inside This course teaches important safety to babysitters. These include rescuing a choking victim and fire safety. Fire safety refers to precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of a Fire that may result in death injury or property damage alert those in a structure At the end of the course, the completee is given a certificate of completion.
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Crime
According to a Juvenile Justice Bulletin from September 2001, babysitters commit about 4. 2% of crimes against children less than 6 years old in the United States. [2]
See also
External links
- A Guide to the Business of babysitting
- Quality Child Care From University of Florida/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Factors in choosing quality child care. Day care or child care is care of a child during the Day by a person other than the child's Parents or Legal guardians typically someone outside A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty to care for the personal and Property interests of another person called a ward An au pair (plural au pairs) is a foreign-national domestic assistant working for and living as part of a host Family.
References
- ^ What Will Childcare Cost You?. Mobility Report. Runzheimer International (Spring 2006). Retrieved on 2007-12-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian
- ^ Finkelhor, David; Richard Ormrod. Crimes Against Children by Babysitters. Juvenile Justice Bulletin. OJJDP. Retrieved on 2007-12-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian
Dictionary
babysitting
-verb
- Present participle of babysit.
-noun
- the work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents
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