Is Your Child Mature/Responsible Enough for Babysitting

Here is a quiz that's been made just for parents of children who are questioning what kind of requirements, personal qualities, & mentality they might/must have in order to watch another child of a younger age to start officially & become consistently a routine babysitter for someone in need of one. This quiz should not only outline what is needed but also show where your child is at as far as mentality in responsibility. It will also show watch exactly your child would need to do, be, and accomplish in order to be a responsible, trustworthy, and receding their own age in maturity enough to become a regular babysitter.

If you have a child of at least the age of 10 to 16, who's asking about, or is want to start babysitting, although you are unsure that your child is ready, responsible and mature enough to. If you want to be sure that they are ready, mature, & responsible enough to do so .. this test has been setup to outline exactly what your child needs or how they need to be, in order to be ready, appropriately show the required & very much needed amount of maturity & display above & beyond the age appropriate limits of responsibility to babysit any child of a younger age.

Created by: Ashley Bagley Swango

This is the very 1st time you're offered a babysitting job, watching 2 children. 1 is a 4yr old girl named Brittany & the other is a 2yr old boy named Devon. Their mother has asked you to watch them for 3hrs. She then offers & gives you "her" opinion on what she thinks the job is worth- which is $8. What do you do? Is that a fair & reasonable price?
- Accept the offered amount, yes it's fair.
- Reject the offered amount/job & tell her that $8 for 2 children (under 5) for 2hrs isn't fair.
- Tell her your price & explain that this babysitting job is worth more than $8 & you feel like she may be trying to take advantage of you.
- Offer your own price to do the job. If she needs a sitter bad enough, she'll pay whatever.
- Tell her you appreciate the offer but you don't feel it's fair & talk/work with her on a more appropriately fair price.
Before their mother leaves, she reminds you of a list tasks & care instructions that she wants you to do. Some of the items on the list are things that you don't know how to do, don't think you should have to do, don't want to do, or want more money to do. What you do? What do you say to her?
- Decline the list of tasks & instructions. Tell her that you, not only, don't know how to do the items but you also don't think you should have to.
- Accept the list of tasks & instructions but inform her that you're not sure how to do some of the things listed & ask her if she would mind going over a few things so that you do things right. But remind her that something's requested may increase the babysitting price.
- Accept the list of tasks & instructions. Keeping the fact that you're unsure of how to do some things & try to do the best you can. You don't want her to think you can't do the job.
- Decline the list of tasks & instructions & inform her that you're not a housekeeper, your a babysitter. Besides you're only babysitting for 3hrs. You're probably not going to have enough time anyway.
- Accept the list of tasks instructions, while telling her that you'd be happy to do them but you would need her to go over them with you first so that you're doing things the way she would like you to.
Their mother leaves & you look at the list of tasks & instructions. 1st task is: Feed the kids a healthy dinner. Following that is specific instructions & information stating:✅Brittany is allergic to peanuts, she doesn't like cottage cheese ( if given to her- she WILL spit it on the floor ). NOTE: watch her closely because she often will get into the refrigerator to sneak cheese & if she gets it & eats even a small amount, more than I normally give her, she will get constipated, as it seems to happen very easily.Next is instructions for Devon..✅Devon doesn't like broccoli or cauliflower. He often will get nauseated &/or diarrhea when eating cheese, as he is lactose intolerant. So please keep the cheese away from him too.After reading the specific things for both Devin & Brittany, there's also another NOTE: please no caffeine, nothing real sweet or sugary, & no candy. So keeping all that in mind.. what do you make for the kids that will abide by the instructions.. especially if you DON'T KNOW HOW to really cook, both kids are whining, fighting each other, & constantly trying to grab everything?
- A quick pepperoni pizza, mixed nuts, with tea to drink. Since you don't know how to cook.
- Chilli Cheese dogs, cottage cheese, & french fries with Kool-Aid to drink.
- Ask the kids what they would like after reading off the list of all the things they can't or are not allowed to have- let them answer, then try to cook it without burning it.
- Spaghetti with marinara, breadsticks with cheese sauce, salad with ranch, & pop to drink
After eating their dinner, Brittany comes to you, complaining her tummy hurts. You look at her & notice she has one of her hands behind her back & it has multiple clear wrappers sticking out between her fingers. Then suddenly it dawned on you & becomes clear that she has gotten into the cheese. Unaware of how much she's eaten, you become worried, scared, & concerned for her well-being. How do you handle this? How do you take care of her, make her feel better & treat her for this problem?
- Call her mother to inform her of what haven't, ask her what you can do to help treat her to make her feel better.
- Call her mother and tell her mother what she did. Then ask her you should punish her.
- Decide that you don't want to worry her or make her think that you're not a good babysitter so you're not going to call her cuz besides, you know what to do. You know how to treat constipation. You already know that you can just give her some of that pink Pepto Bismol.
- Scold her for getting into the cheese and remind her that she usually gets constipated from cheese and that this is her own fault so she needs to deal with it.
- Call her mother, inform her of what's happened, reassure her it's not an emergency that you have it under control but that you need to ask her for detailed instructions on how to care for Brittany in the situation.
You're sitting at the table reading the list of instructions that their mother has left for you to do, when suddenly, you hear Devon screaming bloody murder from within their playroom. You run into the room to to see why he's screaming & crying, only to find that Brittany has stabbed him with a pen. You believe you know what you're supposed to do & you think you know how to deal with this. However your not 100% sure what to do since you're a little frantic, scared, & after all this is the first time you've ever had to deal with anything like this, what do you do?
- Call their mother to ask her what you should do
- Get alcohol, a Band-Aid, & a rag. Using the rag you pour alcohol onto it & use it to wipe the blood off of the wound to clean it up. Then use the Band-Aid to cover it and keep it from bleeding.
- After deciding not to call & inform their mother of the situation- as to not make her think that you're not a good babysitter &/or that you don't know what you're doing .. You decide to First scold Brittany & put her in timeout, then take Devin into the bathroom, using the rag with soap & water, you wipe his cut to clean off all the blood, then put a bandaid on him to stop any further bleeding.
- Call their mother to informed her of happened & then ask her where her first aid kit is.
Once that situation has been taken care of, the next task on the list, is..✅Give both kids a bath. How do you do this? Do you...
- Bathe one child first then the other
- Give them both a bath together. After all it doesn't matter if they're both a different gender since they're both little
- Give Brittany a bath first while having Devon sit in the bathroom with you while you're giving Brittany her bath. Then make them switch places & bathe Devon while having Brittany sit in the bathroom with you until both of them have had their baths, you've cleaned up & you're finally done
Once their baths are finished, everything's been cleaned up, & they're both sitting happily on the couch watching cartoons in their PJs. You check the next task on the list. Which says help both kids brush their teeth.Never having to help someone brush their teeth before and I'm sure of how to do so you try to sit and think for a moment. How do you help a child brush their teeth? Do you...
- Have them put their hand on the toothbrush & guide their hand to brush their own teeth
- Taking the toothbrush in your own hand and brushing every part of their teeth yourself
- Decide to make them brush their own teeth while you observe & watch them to make sure that they're doing it right. After all they're not babies they should be able to do it themselves right
- First tell them how to brush their teeth, then show them how by practicing using the toothbrush on them yourself on a few of their teeth, then finally have them do it while observing to make sure that they do it right
After getting their teeth brushed & everything ready for bed.. you decide to check the list to see what was next on the agenda. Next task on the list says ✅Check both kids. See if Devon has soiled his diaper & if Brittany has has had a potty accident before bed.Next✅Put them to bed then following that is a list of instructions for each child.For Devon: please be sure to first read him a book, tuck him in snugly, and then set his favorite teddy bear next to him. Also be sure that he has his stereo on at a low volume & when leaving the room- only have his door shut a quarter of the way.For Brittany: 1st, before bed, read her- her favorite book. After reading, be sure to turn on her princess light that's next to her bed. Then be sure to turn her TV on, set the TV turn limit on 2 hours, & be sure that it's on her favorite cartoon channel ( she will let you know what it is ). Finally, make sure that you she is tucked in even more than Devon. Especially since she likes to sneak out of her room so be sure to watch for that. After reading all the tasks & instructions you try to follow everything exactly as written. Unfortunately though, when you try to do so, both…
- Tell her yes & hope that you don't forget to do something
- Tell her yes & I assume she probably wouldn't notice
- Deciding to tell her the truth & hoping that she would appreciate your honesty, wouldn't think of you as a bad babysitter, thank you for your services, & still decide to hire you for future jobs
- Shrug your shoulders, thinking to yourself, " oh well who cares- my job is done now anyways"
Your asked to watch Brittany & Devon again-for an hour, while their mother runs to the store real quick. After she left, you notice Brittany walking into their playroom, carrying a pair of scissors. Then before you can get to their playroom, you hear Devon screaming "NO! Stop!" You walk into the room just in time to see Britney cutting Devon's hair with scissors. What do you do?
- Let her finish cutting his hair since she already has the scissors next to his head. Cuz you don't want hurt him to get hurt.
- Quickly run over to take the scissors from her before she hurts herself or him. Next scold her for having the scissors in the first place & cutting her brother's hair, & finally put her in time out.
- After taking the scissors away from Brittany & comforting Devon, then call their mother to inform her of the situation. Then ask her for any suggestions on how to correct the situation & set punishment for Brittany.
While trying to be face to face & at eye level with Brittany.. you try to talk to her about what she did wrong with the scissor situation & why she's in trouble.. Brittany apparently didn't like or want to hear what was said, decides to slap you across the face. What do you do & how do you deal with it?
- Slap her back & tell her that hitting is wrong
- After keeping your composure & not getting angry or retaliating, you set her on the couch or in the corner, while telling her she can't get up until her mother gets back. Which at this point shouldn't be long. Then once the mother returns, inform her of what she did and tell her that she's been in the corner since it happened.
- Yell & scream at her- scold & belittle her what she did. f

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