Talk:Babysitting

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originally a useless redirect to daycare. this really needs to be expanded, i just put down everything off of the top of my head. Joeyramoney 04:53, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Suggest you could expand this by loking at derived definitions, eg babysitting as a generic term for looking after things other than children (eg a business, sick/depressed friend,animal, etc) Also link into other more specific definitions (house-sitting, cat-sitting).

Who is Billy Williams? Without any context I'm taking it out.

Some Wikifascist erased the Intoxicated Persons entry. I have reintroduced with a link to a definition. Please leave it up

Wikipedia is not Urban Dictionary. That doesn't belong here.

Contents 1 urban dictionary 2 Request a link 3 Child minding 4 Crime

[edit] urban dictionary

My that logic, then the whole article should be on wikidictionary. Keep it in fascist its relevant! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.189.13.220 (talk) 17:32, 23 April 2007 (UTC).

I've never heard the term babysitting used to refer to looking after intoxicated persons, but I have heard the term used to refer to supervising things and people, for example the term is sometimes used to describe watching over equipment which needs frequent tending, or to supervising employees who can't be trusted not to screw up a task.--RLent 20:51, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request a link

The Tufts University Child and Family WebGuide is a good babysitting resource. http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/topic/2/147.htm

The WebGuide is a directory that evaluates, describes and provides links to hundreds of sites containing child development research and practical advice. The WebGuide, a not-for-profit resource, was based on parent and professional feedback, as well as support from such noted child development experts as David Elkind, Edward Zigler, and the late Fred Rogers. Topics cover all ages, from early child development through adolescence. The WebGuide selects sites that have the highest quality child development research and that are parent friendly.

The child care page of the site offers a wealth of early childhood education and preschool resource such as articles, research and practical advice for parents and professionals. These websites provide cost/benefit analyses and information on evaluating early childhood programs, information about child care, the transition to kindergarten and much more. Teamme 15:22, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Child minding

The reference to crime by babysitters makes it clear that this includes "family daycare operators", which would be called "child minders" in the UK. In general an adult looking after a child for substantial portions of the day, especially when the child is awake for most of the time, would be called a child minder in the UK. If this generally described as babysitting in the US (which I believe it is) then I think we should clarify this. Rachel Pearce (talk) 15:56, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Crime

The section under the heading "Crime" doesn't make any sense: "According to a Juvenile Justice Bulletin from September 2001, babysitters commit about 4.2% of crimes against children even though a 13 year old is leagally allowed to babysit crimes are commited. less than 6 years old in the United States." It would be good if someone could clarify this passage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blairgoss (talk • contribs) 04:36, 14 March 2008 (UTC)