Who drives the babysitter home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hire sitters that can drive themselves.

In my babysiting days back in the early aughts it was equally the mom's and dad's until I could drive myself.

It’s currently very hard to find evening occasional babysitters. Restricting it to drivers makes it almost impossible especially on busy weekends like holidays.

[Anonymous]

I had a huge crush on one of the dads I babysat for. Still felt totally awkward and wished the mom would drive me home. He was a totally harmless person even.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When I was the babysitter, it was always dad. Never had an issue and I find this discussion depressing.

+1 why are people so paranoid?

Yeah, that’s really bizarre. Our kids don’t need babysitters anymore, but their babysitters were the daughters of friends of ours. None of them would think twice about whether me or my wife drove them home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only hire sitters who can drive.

This is why we use adult sitters, ones with a car, or ones that have parents who will drive them. We also pay fairly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When I was the babysitter, it was always dad. Never had an issue and I find this discussion depressing.

+1 why are people so paranoid?

Because one misunderstanding or fabrication will ruin a man’s life.

And one creepy dad can ruin your daughter’s life.

True. Don’t be stupid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also funny that everyone assumes the sitter is a girl. When my boys were younger we had a male babysitter that they adored and my 12 year old boy is starting to work as a mom/dad helper and is looking forward to babysitting when he’s a little older.

I'd never hire a boy sitter. You'd have to be insane.

I am hesitant to allow my daughters to spend the night at homes with older brothers. Do you have any idea how many grown women I know that were molested by a friend's older brother or father?

Crazy to think it is insane to hire a boy sitter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My babysitter is a lesbian -- does that change your calculus, OP? Lol

I'm at a loss as to why you think this would matter, when the concern is assault or allegations of assault.

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Anonymous wrote:Get a sitter within walking distance. If we are going out ion a (rare) date we want to have a couple of glasses of wine.

Yep. I am a lightweight who won't drive even after 1 glass, it just doesn't feel safe.

Wrong. Not going to let a teenage girl walk home alone at night, unless it’s under five houses away.

I assume the point was that they could walk her home after having a drink. I babysat a lot in high school for neighbors and someone always walked me home.

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Anonymous wrote:When I was the babysitter, it was always dad. Never had an issue and I find this discussion depressing.

+1 why are people so paranoid?

Because one misunderstanding or fabrication will ruin a man’s life.

And one creepy dad can ruin your daughter’s life.

True. Don’t be stupid.

If you can't trust him to drive her home she shouldn't be at his house babysitting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this is a thing I’ve made up or if other people do this too, but: if you have a teenage babysitter who needs a ride home after your date, Mom does it rather rather than Dad, right? Just for propriety.

My husband drives her home. Takes him forever. He’s such a slow driver.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also funny that everyone assumes the sitter is a girl. When my boys were younger we had a male babysitter that they adored and my 12 year old boy is starting to work as a mom/dad helper and is looking forward to babysitting when he’s a little older.

Not really. Most sitters are in fact girls. I wouldn’t hire a male sitter ever, personally.

Well that's extremely sexist. Imagine the outrage if someone came on here and said they would never hurt a girl or a woman for a certain position based on their sex alone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also funny that everyone assumes the sitter is a girl. When my boys were younger we had a male babysitter that they adored and my 12 year old boy is starting to work as a mom/dad helper and is looking forward to babysitting when he’s a little older.

I'd never hire a boy sitter. You'd have to be insane.

I am hesitant to allow my daughters to spend the night at homes with older brothers. Do you have any idea how many grown women I know that were molested by a friend's older brother or father?

You are aware that women can molest or do inappropriate things to children as well right? It isn't limited to men.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this is a thing I’ve made up or if other people do this too, but: if you have a teenage babysitter who needs a ride home after your date, Mom does it rather rather than Dad, right? Just for propriety.

My husband drives her home. Takes him forever. He’s such a slow driver.

Yeah, you've already posted. Take a hike.

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Anonymous wrote:When I was the babysitter, it was always dad. Never had an issue and I find this discussion depressing.

+1 why are people so paranoid?

Yeah, that’s really bizarre. Our kids don’t need babysitters anymore, but their babysitters were the daughters of friends of ours. None of them would think twice about whether me or my wife drove them home.

Of course!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mom or Uber/Lyft

Never Uber/Lyft.

Usually the mom. Else the babysitter's mom or dad would come to pick her/her up.