Copabanana
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.25 hourly. For money, began at 13. Saved almost all. Bought a car at 17 years old. $1200 for a 1963 plymouth valiant. Long time ago. Loved that car.
Wow! Both you and AppleCori! Very inspiring!.25 hourly. For money, began at 13. Saved almost all. Bought a car at 17 years old. $1200 for a 1963 plymouth valiant. Long time ago. Loved that car.
Being the stay-at-home mom I always was, I was adamant on using cloth diapers, that, and the fact I had changed cloth diapers on baby siblings and when babysitting, so that, too, played a big part when it came to me using cloth.I didnt babysit, but can address drunk driving today. The days are not over. I work at a restaurant with mostly millenials. Cant count how many have gotten DUIs. Two have been to jail and had to drive back to jail after work. One young girl had the police looking for her at work. She stole a bottle of liquor and I heard she is now in jail too, although for stealing, not for drunk driving.
Wisconsin is pathetically soft on drunk driving. Drinking is a way
of life here. It isnt just kids.
I can check in on diapers and spanking for my own kids, with my first kid forty years ago. Paper diapers. I do not spank my own or other kids. I was yelled at and called humiliating names by my mother, but not spanked as a child and tried very hard not to yell at my kids nor namecall.When one of my very prosperous sons, Goneboy, started babysitting at 12 he demanded $5.00 an hour on Saturday nights and often got more. He was very mature and the kids loved him. He was in great demand.He saved his money starting very young. He is now a millionaire with his own company.
I think when I was a teen friends who did babysit got a quarter or so an hour. Times change.
Mid to late 70sBoy, you made good money, Little! What decade were you babysitting? i.e. 1970's? 1980's? Other?
Yup our catholic school of you got the strap at school you were sent home with a note and you parents were encourage to repeat the corporal punishment at home. The Nina and the sharp wack with a pointer were pretty nasty also.Yes, I, too, have read and heard about the spankings that took place in Catholic Schools. Beatings, more exactly.
SomeWhereOutThere, got me thinking about this one thanks to her Guilty Pleasures post! Thank you, SWOT!
- Did you babysit when they were younger?
- Remember how much you got paid (per hour)?
- Did you babysit during the day or evening (or both)?
- Remember how cribs used to have the railing that lowered?
- What kind of diapers did you have to change when you babysat? Cloth or disposable (or both)?
- Did you spank?
- How old were you when you started babysitting?
- How old were you when you quit babysitting?
- What sorts of things did you buy with your babysitting money?
You and me both, SOT! Sad.Lets just say i never wished I could go to Catholic school. I was a pretty nervous kid.
Nuns not NinaYup our catholic school of you got the strap at school you were sent home with a note and you parents were encourage to repeat the corporal punishment at home. The Nina and the sharp wack with a pointer were pretty nasty also.
You did great on the pay at that time, as I remember I was still making a straight .50 cents per hour then.Mid to late 70s
We always called them plastic diapers, but hardly anyone I knew used them. Cloth diapers were still king right up until the late 80's in our neck of the woods.I was a stay at home mom too, but used paper diapers only. In my neck of the woods, everyone used paper diapers. I felt they kept the kids dryer. Dont know if its true. I had no interest in cloth diapers.
I never spanked a child younger than about age 2, though most of the spankings I delivered as a sitter were administered to older ones. I don't agree (at all) spanking babies. I had a friend do it in front of me once, and you should have seen the ruckus I raised. Was I ever upset with her that day.
- - Did you babysit when they were younger?
Yes. Hated every minute of it.
Old-hand, Yesterday at 10:09 AM
- Remember how much you got paid (per hour)?
25 cents
- Did you babysit during the day or evening (or both)?
Evenings mostly
- Remember how cribs used to have the railing that lowered?
Yes
- What kind of diapers did you have to change when you babysat? Cloth or disposable (or both)?
Mostly cloth with-rubber pants. The very first disposables were awful.
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- How old were you when you started babysitting?
12
- How old were you when you quit babysitting?
14, got a real job through a special program working at Arby's...also started getting paid for horsey stuff- - Did you spank? Parents gave me permission; even told me what implement to use (spoon, hairbrush, etc. I never did because I couldn't bring myself to hit a little kid or baby.
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What sort of things did you buy with-babysitting money? BOOKSBOOKSBOOKS...and music.
Your babysitting experience sounds a lot like mine, babysitting everyday over the course of my summer holidays.1. Did you babysit? Yes. For most of the College of Business at OK State U (profs and some grad students) when I was a teen. My mom taught there and I knew most of the profs from various functions. So when they needed a sitter, I got called. I was the kid who never got into trouble. Until I got a job that paid more. I loved babysitting, but I loved books more. And I got a job at a used bookstore that gave me all the free books I wanted as long as I brought them back eventually. I babysat less after I got my job, but I still babysat some, just not all day every day all summer type jobs. I had those offers quite often though.
2. 2-4 dollars an hour, depending on the kids and what all was involved. If I just had to play with them, I charged less. If I was going to be making dinner, helping with homework, or dealing with bratty kids, I charged more. If the parents had not come back until much later the time before, or had come home drunk, I charged a LOT more. Unless they had some excellent reason for being late. Drunk was never okay because they were usually my ride home. I didn't do drunk drivers, not even at 13 when I started babysitting. And it happened.
3. In the summers I sat all day until I got my job. On weekends during school I would sit during the day. Otherwise, only in the evenings.
4. I thought all cribs had rails that lowered. They don't now?
5. I only had one family that asked me to do cloth diapers. I had no clue how. I used them, but left the messy diaper for the mom to deal with when she got home because I had no clue what to do with it. They didn't show me what to do and they knew their kid had the runs. I only sat for them once. Their were other problems.
6. I only spanked if the parents had made it clear it was what they did AND it was a very clear problem that would result in the child being seriously harmed, like running out into the street in front of a car. I think I only spanked one child in all the years of babysitting. Mostly I never needed to, and I dealt with some very strong willed children. I will be surprised if one of them is not our first female black president. If not, she will set the world on fire in another way. She is amazing, but wow was she a challenge.
All I ever had to do was use her name and inform her she was NOT going to do something. She lived next door and was one of my favorite people in the world. The funniest thing was the day I heard her 4 year old voice using my words to tell my dog he was NOT going to do whatever he was doing. It totally cracked me up as I was walking home from school. I had to stop and talk to her mom (they were out playing in the yard) and explain where the phrase came from. Her mom had wondered because they had heard it a few times from her. I had used it when she went to hit their dog. "FirstName LastName, You Will NOT Hit That Dog!" said in a very firm, commanding voice. It just stopped her in her tracks. I sounded absolutely appalled that she would even THINK of doing that. The kid was a quick study and was using it on her family and my dog just a few days later.
I started babysitting when I was 12.
I tapered off when I was 16 or 17. I was so busy with school and work and then my best families all moved to a new subdivision on the other side of town. It wasn't far, maybe 10 minutes, but there were a lot of sitters who lived closer to that area.
The coolest job at the time! How lucky you were!Did I babysit? Nope. Started working at Woolworth's at 16.
What a fun job! Like yourself, I was always miles ahead in the maturity department. Head and shoulders above many of my counterparts.Never babysat!
Started working at 14 at a drive in theater. $1.25 per hour. My two older best friends (16) got me the job. We had an absolute blast.
By the way my parents were drinkers so never worried about me. It was a block away from our house and we all walked home together at like 2am on weekends. I was a very sensible kid - lucky them - I was more sensible than them actually!
Spent my money on clothes if I recall. Going out to eat with friends too. We took the bus everywhere. To the Cermak Plaza where we'd eat grilled cheese and fries at Walgreens.
Never used cloth diapers. My older sister had 3 boys in diapers at once (set of twins) and I remember going to the bathroom and there'd be a poopy diaper IN the toilet, sink etc. She was a bit overwhelmed with poop I think!