How to Help Your Daughter’s New Babysitting Business

Babysitting 101 Gift Guide // Gift ideas for teenage girls from https://smartkids101.com

The Babysitting 101 Holiday Gift Guide

Your daughter is finally old enough to babysit. Cue the confetti!

Congratulations!

She has expressed interest in making money and is great with kids, but you wonder if she is really ready to babysit. She may have already gone on a few babysitting gigs, which left you waiting near the phone at home, hoping she would have all the tools she needs to take care of other people’s children.

This holiday season, give her a truly unique gift — your support for her new babysitting business. (And BONUS — you will have more peace of mind, too!)

Julie Hunt, the host of the Babysitting 101 DVD, suggests babysitters arrive at a client’s home with a fun-filled Tote Bag that includes everything they need for the job.

A great gift idea for your babysitter is to fill a cute tote bag with inexpensive necessities along with a copy of the Babysitting 101 DVD. She will love that much of the prep-work is done for her, and after watching the video she will be ready to be a great babysitter!

What to get your babysitter (and other pre-teens and teenagers) for Christmas: Lots of gift ideas from https://smartkids101.com

(Mix-and-match any of these with the DVD for a gift adaptable to any budget.)

  1. Start with the Babysitting 101 video: a trusted source for training excellent babysitters for over 15 years!  For more information and to order, please click here.
  2. Next, add a cute Tote Bag, like this Hedgehog one from Etsy.  (Lots of other cute ones in this store, too! We love that they are handmade in America.)
  3. A “Parents Night Out” Babysitter’s Notepad is a necessity!  Maybe add some cute pens, too.
  4. Every Babysitter’s Tote Bag needs a portable First Aid Kit.  Help her be prepared for ANY situation with this cute little kid-friendly first aid kit.
  5. This Glow in the Dark LED Flashlight will come in very handy should the power go out while she’s babysitting.  Plus, it’s great for some fort-building fun!
  6. Add some kid-friendly fun to the bag with a children’s book, such as The Day the Crayons Quit, Amazon.com’s pick for the best picture book of 2013.
  7. Every babysitter should be organized, and with a pocket calendar like Mary Engelbreit’s 2014 Monthly Pocket Planner, she will never miss an important babysitting gig!
  8. Last, but certainly not least, every great babysitter comes equipped with an age-appropriate toy or game to play with her charges!  Try something like Cat in the Hat Card Game.

Congratulations on being a great parent.  Your daughter is going to LOVE her ready-to-babysit gift!

If you’re searching for a gift but babysitting isn’t their thing, you’re in luck — it’s Gift Guide Week, and we’ve prepared holiday gift guides to accompany our Safe Kids 101, Polite Kids 101, Healthy Habits 101, and Business 101 DVDs, too. Click the photos below to see the other guides.

A gift guide for kids that encourages safety // great ideas to pair with a bike for Christmas from https://smartkids101.com Polite Kids 101 Gift Guide // Gift ideas for children in elementary and middle school from https://smartkids101.com Fun Christmas gifts to inspire kids to be healthy all year round from https://smartkids101.com Gifts to get your budding entrepreneur // The Business 101 Holiday Gift Guide from https://smartkids101.com

Be sure to share with your friends!

And may we recommend?  If the teen you’re shopping for already has babysitting certification, you’ll love our Business 101 guide with practical ideas to support her already-growing business!

Merry Christmas and have fun shopping for the Smart Kids in your life!

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About Aubrey Hunt
Before hopping on the crazy ride we call motherhood, I studied engineering and taught math and science to middle and high school students. Now, perhaps like you, I fill my days singing The Itsy Bitsy Spider and praying my preschooler will eat a vegetable — any vegetable!