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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP: I can see both sides of this issue. When I needed a babysitter for my school age children, several of the neighbors said their teens were "never" busy and always available. But it seemed that our schedules matched perfectly: her teen was always (legitimately) busy the times I needed a sitter. Then there were the parents who had a pretty strict curfew on when the babysitting had to end -- like 10PM. That left us scrambling. We also live in a neighborhood where it is not so much that they don't need the money, as they do not have the time. Teens are busy. we hired a professional for those times. Nanny or college student with a car.

Now I have teens and the younger neighbors have asked us. They have very nice children, but one has four kids and one is in diapers. If something goes wrong, I know where the blame will rest -- on my teen. So then I feel I have to be home "in case" That is not worth  $30 to me.

Second, my teens are very busy. There is no way they could be available to be a mother's helper on a regular schedule such as after school every day. They scramble from one activity to another with little time between. [b]They have sports, church, home work, friends and so on. They also do not need the money or the experience, really. Unlikely to pull weeds -- lawn service does that. Same with mowing.
Although it might be a good experience, I am not comfortable with having that relationship with my neighbors. I was not crazy about the tone the neighbor took with my DD -- just way too bossy. Of course I did not say anything, just, too busy[/b].

I really prefer some distance with the neighbors, particularly around the emotional issue of children. Perhaps I will get flamed for this but I do not think I am alone in this thinking.[/quote]

To sum it up -- your kids won't be doing this because they don't need the money. Totally fine. Why make excuses here for why it isn't convenient, the tone or whatever else? And btw -- it's the summer -- kids who need money working during the summer, they don't worry about half a dozen other activities or what the neighbors will think if there isn't enough "distance" or what the neighbor's tone is as long as they're paying cash.[/quote]

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