When you take a step back, the job of being a babysitter actually sounds quite stressful. Not only are you responsible for the children, suddenly you are at the mercy of theafter she was called “unprofessional” for calling the police on parents who were six hours late. Netizens were quick to call out the parents for being so downright irresponsible. We reached out to the babysitter in the story via private message and will update the article when she gets back to us.
Naturally, folks wanted to spend this income on activities that would mean being away from the home after work. So the obvious solution was to hire someone to do it. At the time, babysitting was one of the only jobs a teenage girl might be able to find, making them the backbone of this industry. These days, it’s such a common job that some parents end up being downrightAt the time, it was still considered questionable to hire some random, underage stranger to look after your kids.