Are Teenagers Even Responsible Enough to Babysit These Days?

Do you still rely on teenagers to babysit your kids, or is that an outdated idea? Kids watching kids is becoming far less common.

 

 

A lot of parents use apps or websites to hire adults now, because they're worried teens aren't responsible enough . . . or might get distracted and watch TikTok the whole time.

 

 

Someone asked over 30,000 adults if they think teenage babysitters are more or less trustworthy than 50 years ago. Only 9% said more.

 

 

39% said less trustworthy . . . 32% said about the same . . . and 20% said they're not sure.

 

 

For a lot of us, babysitting was the first job we ever had, and a LOT of us did it. So it's a big change.

 

 

56% of adults say they got paid to babysit at least once as a teen. That includes 70% of women, and 42% of men. 

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