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Press
Contact
Like to do an article about babysitting?
Please contact
Karen Willson
c/o AGW Productions
PO Box 153551
San Diego, CA 92195-3551
800-710-7437
customerservice@babysittingclass.com
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Press
on Babysittingclass.com
Television
Our
Head Sitter was on Channel 6 Fox in the Morning - October 7th, 2005
Channel
7 featured us on their Morning News! - October 7th, 2005
Read
Channel 10's feature on our course, 5pm News - June 22, 2002
Magazines
She's
Certifiable
Newsweek - October 24th, 2005
Though baby-sitting has long been a moneymaking option for teenagers,
getting work isn't always easy. That may be why more sitters are turning
to certification classes.
Newspapers
Made
For Moms
San Diego North County Times - November 5, 2005
Three local inventions target motherhood, before and after the fact.
The
Bargaining Power of Babysitters
Seattle Times - October 2nd, 2005
The average 20-something baby-sitter earns about $10 an hour.
Changing
the Baby-sitter
Arizona Republic - September 24th 2005
Trained teens turning an odd job into a grown-up business
Super
Sitters
Southern Oregon Mail-Tribune - September 22nd 2005
With increased child-care and first-aid credentials, baby sitters are
demanding and getting better pay for their wider array of skills.
Desperately
seeking a baby sitter
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Sept 20th 2005
..."Do you want to assume that your baby sitter knows what to do
if your child is choking, if your child is bitten by a dog?" she
says. "Are you sure that teen down the street knows how to handle
an emergency?,"says Karen Willson, Program Manager for babysittingclass.com.
For trained
teenagers, baby-sitting is serious business
Inside Bay Area, CA - Sep 20, 2005
... These are not Super Nannies. They're not even child-care professionals.
They're the bubble gum-chewing baby sitters from down the block, those
trusty neighborhood teens who keep an eye on the children for a few extra
bucks...
Classes
teach first aid, rate negotiation and diaper skills
Delawareonline: The News Journal
"This is an actual job. And we have to teach them that," Willson
said. "Keeping the proper records, showing up on time, showing up
prepared, not calling your boyfriend on your cell phone, not using this
as a time to pig out on the parents' refrigerator or sit in front of the
TV. The sitter is not there to amuse herself. When she's on duty for the
parents, she's there to be the protector and the watcher."
Babysitting
Is Serious Business for Teens
Bremerton Sun, United States - Sep 7, 2005
...Babysitters have learned to maneuver delicately around the potential
land mines of divorce, blended families and special-needs children. ...
The
big business of baby-sitting
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Sep 6, 2005
... Today’s teens have more training, business savvy – and earn
bigger rates...
Catching
them young
Indian Express, India - Sep 3, 2005
... Babysittingclass.com...teaches adolescent entrepreneurs how to operate
like a business. Networking and marketing, rate negotiations and billing
— it’s all part of the course.
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