who drives babysitter home?

[Anonymous]

When I babysat in the late 80's/early 90s, the parents picked me up and drove me home, unless it was close enough to walk. I typically made about $6/hr (usually the parents added more if it included very late hours or other unusual circumstances) and at the time, minimum wage was $4.25/hr.

I've only hired baby sitters a few times for my own kids. One sitter lived directly next door so she just walked.
Another lived a few streets over, but in the same neighborhood. He walked over, but his mom picked him up--but my husband was out of town for a work trip and she knew it would be hard for me to load all the kids in the car to drive him back.
The other, I drove her home (she lived about 20 minutes away.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen babysitter who does not drive has been babysitting more. I always get her to her jobs, but expect the family who is babysitting to drive her home. One family always seems to expect me to pick her up at the end of the night. I would understand if they ask on occasion if one parent is out of town and the other comes home and does not want to leave young kids alone late at night, but generally if both parents are there shouldn't one of them drive my daughter home?

I've never even thought to have the parents of the sitter pick their kid up.

I, thremom ALWAYS drive home female teen sitters. We also use male sitters and for that it is whomever has not been drinking. My DH won't even take a closed door meeting with a female one on one at work, so there is no way he will ever put himself alone with a teen girl in a car.

+1
We are the same way.

We have a winner winner chicken dinner. Smart men.

[Anonymous]

I’m not driving the sitter home. My Dh can do it or she can have her parents do it. Probably the only time I drink Is our occasional date nights so I’m not driving. DH doesn’t drink. I’m not at all worried about false accusations. I think they are extraordinarily rare.

[Anonymous]

I will usually offer to drive because 1) I don’t mind staying up late 2) she sits for lovely families who totally overpay her anyway 3) she often she sits when the dad is away and the mom needs a break so the mom can’t leave the kids alone to drive her back and 4) she has delayed getting her license so I don’t want her losing jobs because she’s not a driver

[Anonymous]

The parents usually took me home, but the drinking is a concern. We always take the babysitter home but I never drink and my husband rarely does. I wouldn't let a teenager walk home alone at night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not driving the sitter home. My Dh can do it or she can have her parents do it. Probably the only time I drink Is our occasional date nights so I’m not driving. DH doesn’t drink. I’m not at all worried about false accusations. I think they are extraordinarily rare.

Exactly.

It’s a little crazy to imagine the logic in trusting a teen enough to keep your children safe but you don’t trust her enough not to make up a sexual assault in the 8 minutes it takes to drive her home. The people freaking out about false allegations already have inappropriate/Percy relationships with the opposite sex.

[Anonymous]

How old are these sitters you are hiring that are babysitting at night? I wouldn't hire anyone younger than 16 or so to babysit at night. They need to be able to drive themselves to/from babysitting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How old are these sitters you are hiring that are babysitting at night? I wouldn't hire anyone younger than 16 or so to babysit at night. They need to be able to drive themselves to/from babysitting.

Except not all kids have cars or access to cars.

[Anonymous]

I always babysit within walking distance of our house, as in three or four houses away, so I walked home. Our sitter, my husband always drove home, and it was not an issue. Ever. Our daughter, now 13, has been babysitting since she was 11, and took the safe sitter class through Suburban Hospital. She also walks home from the several houses she regularly sits for. If they were farther away, I would not have a problem with the husband of any of those that she sits for driving her home.

Wow. This is the paranoid generation.

[Anonymous]

I would expect one of the client parents to drive the babysitter home.

[Anonymous]

In our family, the sitter's parents drive them to our house, and we drive them home. It makes sense:

I am obviously awake when I get home.

As to who drives, I always preferred if my wife drove the female sitter home, but that did not always happen. From my coaching days, I knew never to be alone with someone else's daughter. So, if I was taking her home, I would either have my daughter in the car, or video the ride home.

This was when DD was 7 to about 11. Sitters were 13-15.

If they were in the neighborhood, I would have them walk home, and walk the dog to make sure they got home ok. Vienna is a dangerous place at night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always babysit within walking distance of our house, as in three or four houses away, so I walked home. Our sitter, my husband always drove home, and it was not an issue. Ever. Our daughter, now 13, has been babysitting since she was 11, and took the safe sitter class through Suburban Hospital. She also walks home from the several houses she regularly sits for. If they were farther away, I would not have a problem with the husband of any of those that she sits for driving her home.

Wow. This is the paranoid generation.

Rightfully so.

Turn on the news once in awhile

[Anonymous]

80% of the time my daughter gets driven home by the other family and often the dad, which I have no issue with. Men are not scary.

20% of the time, they have both been drinking or it just works out better for us to pick her up for whatever reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I drive DD both ways. I definitely don't want her alone in a car with a man and I don't want her in a car driveven by someone who has been drinking.

This exactly. I had a dad put his hand on my thigh on the way home from babysitting one night. So gross. Also I assume many people have had more drinks than I would like them to have before driving my kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I drive DD both ways. I definitely don't want her alone in a car with a man and I don't want her in a car driveven by someone who has been drinking.

This exactly. I had a dad put his hand on my thigh on the way home from babysitting one night. So gross. Also I assume many people have had more drinks than I would like them to have before driving my kids.

Same thing happened to me and he asked me out on a date. It was DISGUSTING! Worst part he was my mom's good friends husband. So awkward!