{"id":27292,"date":"2024-06-15T16:37:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T16:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/?p=27292"},"modified":"2025-01-11T17:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T23:08:08","slug":"10-questions-to-ask-your-babysitter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/10-questions-to-ask-your-babysitter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"10 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR BABYSITTER"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moms need help. But let\u2019s face it, being a mother is a tough job. How are we supposed to find qualified help? I mean, we\u2019re hardly qualified ourselves! We had to go through some pretty intense on-the-job training, so I think it\u2019s entirely appropriate to interview new sitters if that\u2019s something that would make you more comfortable. Here are 10 questions to ask your babysitter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you\u2019re a full-time stay-at-home mom, a nine-to-five working mom, or something in between, you need childcare options on hand that you can trust. If you\u2019re anything like me, leaving your children with a stranger is a no-go. And even when you find a promising candidate, it\u2019s hard to leave without having a bit of a rapport and relationship with the person you\u2019ve chosen to care for your tiny humans.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a good roundup<\/a> of the top sitter websites if you\u2019re starting from scratch, but a great place to find sitters is from personal recommendations of other families with similar values and parenting priorities. Local Facebook groups, your church website and preschool directors are all great resources to ask if you are brand new to an area. Use these questions for phone interviews, in-person chats, or to strike up a conversation with a potential babysitter you meet in person that you want to get to know a bit better.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Why do you like working with children?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What\u2019s the most important thing you\u2019ve learned from your childcare experiences?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. How do you feel about discipline or boundaries for children? What do you expect kids of my children\u2019s ages are capable of?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. What are the first three things you would do in a (choking, injury, illness) emergency?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. How do you comfort or console upset children?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. What was your most difficult childcare moment, and how did you handle it?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. What do you enjoy doing with your free time?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. What are your pet peeves?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. If my child were upset and you weren\u2019t sure why, how would you respond?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. If you weren\u2019t offered this job, what would you do instead? What other jobs are you working at the moment?\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    These conversational questions assume the technical issues like payment, references and certifications have already been made clear. Most moms find these things equally as important to \u201con paper\u201d qualifications. You can follow whatever trails the questions take, and if they don\u2019t lead you anywhere, that can be informative too. After a good chat, you\u2019ll feel more comfortable (or uncomfortable!) with the person you\u2019re considering. And you\u2019ll be so thankful when you can confidently trust the person you hire. Here\u2019s to finding the ideal person to care for your kiddos whenever you need to step away! <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Moms need help. But let\u2019s face it, being a mother is a tough job. How are we supposed to find qualified help? I mean, we\u2019re hardly qualified ourselves! We had to go through some pretty intense on-the-job training, so I think it\u2019s entirely appropriate to interview new sitters if that\u2019s something that would make you more comfortable. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":27294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-relationships"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6.15-large-blog-image.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27292"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33700,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27292\/revisions\/33700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}