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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.

Anonymous wrote:Only hire sitters who can drive.

This is what we do. We have our sitters from word of mouth and part of what we looked for was their own car.

Only hire sitters who can drive.

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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.

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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 am. My daughter walks around at night a lot, and I don’t ever worry about it. Wevlivevin Chevy Chase and I would feel differently if we still lived in Shaw.

I have one babysitter who lives in the neighborhood and walks home. The other babysitter drives. If it were raining or something, DH or I would drive her but it is just as likely to be DH as me.

Anonymous wrote:Moms, although that certainly wasn’t the norm when I was a babysitter!

Same and some of those dads were creepy.

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.

I am younger than most posters on this board (born in ‘93) and was driven home by the dads (always within the neighborhood) and they had usually been drinking. Nothing happened. Times really have changed.

Anonymous wrote:I always babysat within walking distance of home, and kids dad always walked me home. Always the dad. I was never afraid of any of them, or nervous about any of them, and nothing ever happened.

I remember being really uncomfortable during a drive with one of the dads I babysat for.

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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.

I would hire a male for my sons, but they are very hard sitters to find.

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Anonymous wrote:Uber/Lyft

But doesn't that eat into the kids profits from baby sitting? I usually drive my teenage sitter home. It's a reflection of the times we live in.

No because I pay for it. Thought that part was obvious.

I hope you are getting the babysitter’s parent’s permission for this. Minors aren’t supposed to ride in Ubers unattended.

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Anonymous wrote:Uber/Lyft

But doesn't that eat into the kids profits from baby sitting? I usually drive my teenage sitter home. It's a reflection of the times we live in.

No because I pay for it. Thought that part was obvious.

I used to babysit for a single mom when she went out on dates, and she always had the date drive me home. I think it was 3 different times, 2-3 different guys. It was always totally awkward for me. And in hindsight, seems totally inappropriate and unsafe. If I babysat during the day, my parents would pick me up, but I guess they didn't see it necessary to pick me up at night. Rather have some random stranger man be in charge of driving me, late at night, probably after a few drinks.

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Anonymous wrote:Did any former babysitters have any incidents with Dad?

Not me

No. All of the sexual harassment I was victim to took place in the corporate world. And there's been a lot.