What Is Babysitting Essay

I really started to have ‘motherly’ traits in January 2000, when my little sister Clarissa, was born. My mother tells the two of stories oh how I would tuck her in, tell her stories, and bring her baby toys when she would cry. Yes, most little kid’s love to help their parent’s after a little sibling comes along but I never ‘grew out’ of wanting to help with kids.

Because my parents had me at such a young age I was one of the first child in the family and the first kid in their group of friends. Not only am I the oldest child, I am also the oldest cousin on both my mother and fathers side. I was around eleven before my aunts and uncles started to have kids of their own. I would always get so excited to go visit my little cousins, and would ‘hog’ whatever baby or toddler was around. It worked out for the adults in my family because I was always the

After taking a few babysitting classes at the YMCA and Red Cross first aid and CPR classes; I decided to make a profile on Care.com. Originally I was messaging all the families in need of childcare in my area, but before I knew it I was receiving messages from people noticing me on the website. I was babysitting at least four times a week during the summer, and I was able to keep sitting a few times a month during the school year.

During high school I was really able to expand my knowledge about childcare. All the electives I could take involved childcare including: child development, early childhood education, nutrition, and elementary education. Each class I learned something new about children. During my child development class I learned about the important stages of physical, cognitive, social development in children. In early childhood education and elementary education I took my knowledge into a classroom. I spent every other week during the school year as an aide in both a preschool and elementary