Negative effects of hiring babysitters on children’s life

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Babysitters who are violent against children are affecting children in a bad way in terms of their physical and psychological development. In the following paragraphs, the consequences of being affected by a violent babysitter will be examined.
First of all, there are physical problems caused by these babysitters. According to Finkelhor & Ormrod (2001), babysitters are responsible for some physical and sexual abuse in a higher rate for the children under the age of 6 in comparison to juveniles. The examples for these abuses can be aggravated assault and forcible rape but these are just two of them. In addition, it is important to consider that being unexperienced and young can increase the possibility of being violent because young babysitters can be unreliable in childcare compared to adults. There were some examples to this on the news. The title of the entry was “Babysitters kill girl, 7, with Mortal Kombat video game moves” (Mail Online, n.d.). The reason is there are only a few children who do not like video games. Therefore, they may not realize the difference between real world and gaming world. They could think that they were playing a game since they tried to ‘revive’ the child named Zoe by splashing water and ‘giving the kiss of life’ to her (Mail Online, n.d.). According to the same source, one of the children was drunk at that time. Although there is not a rule for the age of babysitters, young babysitters can beat abuse your children and even cause to the death of your children as it was in case of Zoe. People who hire babysitters are usually working and want their children to be secure. However, if a child is not responsible, it may cause some problems. In my opinion, a babysitter should work as an assistance of the ...

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