Finding the right care for your children

Being Comfortable with Your Choice

Choosing the right daycare or childcare situation for your family doesn’t always come easily. We all have our ideas of how our children should be raised and what we would like to be done for them. When interviewing candidates, here are a few questions that may help you determine if the applicant is a good fit:

●     What babysitting experience do you have? (If the sitter is applying for his or her first babysitting job, ask, “What type of experience do you have that makes you believe you would be a good babysitter?”)

●     What type of back-up plans (if any) do you have in case of an emergency that might prevent you from showing up to work or having the child come to you?

●     What type of back-up do you have if something happens while you’re minding the child?

●     Have you taken any first aid or CPR courses? How up to date is the certification?

●     Have you ever had an emergency while caring for a child? What happened?

●     How would you spend a rainy afternoon with the child/children?

●     What would you do if the child bit his or her sibling? Made a big mess in the kitchen? Refused to go to bed?

Finding the right sitter or daycare arrangement can feel like winning the lottery—so keep at it. You just never know where the right person could be.