I have an 11 year old friend who wants to baby sit and I think she is very responsible should she baby sit?

Question

She has been in a cpr class and babysitting class. So she has her CPR card.

Answer 1

i think that is a good reason for someone to call chilrens services on you... think about it... would you let a 10 year old babysit?? probably not... also if you have to ask someone if its okay then in probably isnt... this is your childs life we are talking about...

Answer 2

nahhh

Answer 3

no an 11 year old wouldnt know wat to do in an emergency..imagine if something bad happened and ur 11 year old was responsible ..that would suck and u would b in alot of trouble wait til shes at least 15  

Answer 4

No, by law a babysitter should be at least 13 years old.  

Answer 5

No, I do not think 11 years old is old enough to be responsible enough to babysit.  Imagine if there were an emergency - a serious burn, your child passing out, etc. - could she really handle it?  

Answer 6

She can not legally babysit a child without another adult present until she is 13. She can be a 'mother's helper' and with a responsible adult she can help take care of the child.

Answer 7

Yeah! I baby sat when I was 11. tell her to go for it!

Answer 8

sure.. your friend can start babysitting. i started when i was 9. as long as she is responsible.. and thinks straight..age has nothing too do with it.. dont worry,

Answer 9

I think 11 is a little too young.

Do you think she could handle an emergency if one occurred?

What if the child were to start choking, would she be able to handle it?

Answer 10

Thats kind of young. I'm 15, and I'd say I'm really responsible, I had to babysit 3 little kids at a time this summer, every day. It was really hard. My first time babysitting.

It DID start get easier. And yes, it was 3 kids, and not 1.

I guess it kind of depends on the age of the kid or kids that she is wanting to babysit.

I'd say, the youngest the hardest to take care of.

I hope she doesn't have a hard time.

Answer 11

sure...maybe she should take like a class first but yah its pretty normal to start babysitting at that age.

Answer 12

ehh ify i think the legal age of consent is 12 in case anything happens.

Answer 13

only if you trust her.

i wouldnt let her.

Answer 14

no.... she is to young, regardless of how much you think she is responsible... No! you shouldn't even want to take that chance

Answer 15

This is a very tricky question. I personally would not let an 11 year old watch my baby, just for the simple fact that if an emergency situation were to develop she may not be able to handle it. Like if the baby were to choke on something, would she know how to handle that situation and do it an a timely manner so the baby will be fine. Also an 11 year old girl probley isnt going to know the best way to soothe a baby. Maybe you should let her come over to your house and let her baby sit there while you do some chores around the house. This way she feels like she is grown up and helping and you are near by so if an emergency did arise you could be there in seconds.

Answer 16

it all depends on the ages of ur kids, if they r still in diapers then i deffintly wouldnt, also u have to be careful on what they kids might do, if they fight will she be able to settle it in a mature manner that will get through to them or will she simply yell at them to stop, also what if somethin happens and she panics and then what happens, if i were you i wouldnt thats too young of an age to handle children the right way

Answer 17

off hand I would say no. The legal age is 12, if anything happens you can be charged with child neglect.

The others things to take into consideration is how old is the child she is watching. Does she know CPR? And how far away are you in an emergency?

When she turns 12, break her into in by having her watch just for simple trips to the store, like 1/2 hour max than increase it slowly.