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With parents busy during nights and weekends, an easy way to earn money in high school is to become a babysitter. Senior Maya Baker has experience in babysitting, as she has babysat for roughly seven families with children in infancy to 10 year olds.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTypically when I\u2019m babysitting, I try to have some sort of activity planned depending on the length of time,\u201d Baker said. \u201cBut otherwise, I pretty much let the kids do their own thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But babysitting is more than playing games. Babysitters have to reinforce positive behaviors and treat the children equally.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes they argue over who gets to play what game or what they get to do,\u201d Baker said. \u201cSo I\u2019ve gotten pretty good at figuring out some sort of compromise and alternating who gets to do what.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, babysitting is can be a good experience for high schoolers to care for younger kids. It builds valuable skills, like patience and problem-solving. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe best part of working as a babysitter is when you show up and the kids are excited to see you rather than being upset that their parents are leaving,\u201d Baker said. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to see that they think that me coming over is something to look forward to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To learn more about becoming a babysitter, visit: https:\/\/kidshealth.org\/en\/teens\/babysit.html<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10247,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2430,2591,174,2471],"class_list":["post-14981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-news","tag-audrey-xu","tag-babysitting","tag-jobs","tag-working"],"yoast_head":"\nWorking as a babysitter - UPDATE ONLINE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2020\/01\/working-as-a-babysitter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Working as a babysitter - UPDATE ONLINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2020\/01\/working-as-a-babysitter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UPDATE ONLINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DHSUpdate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-13T14:32:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-13T14:32:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Audrey Xu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DowHighUpdate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DowHighUpdate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Audrey Xu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/working-as-a-babysitter\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/working-as-a-babysitter\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Audrey Xu\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ec7e869ea3c0fe55ae87d1ca7f8c81ad\"},\"headline\":\"Working as a babysitter\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-13T14:32:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-13T14:32:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/working-as-a-babysitter\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":228,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Audrey Xu\",\"babysitting\",\"jobs\",\"working\"],\"articleSection\":[\"NEWS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/working-as-a-babysitter\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/working-as-a-babysitter\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/working-as-a-babysitter\\\/\",\"name\":\"Working as a babysitter - UPDATE ONLINE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-13T14:32:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-13T14:32:41+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/working-as-a-babysitter\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"UPDATE ONLINE\",\"description\":\"H.H. 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