[jayswin]

Originally Posted by DementedReality

not sure if you are being sarcastic or not ...

anyhow, when it comes to children, better safe and paranoid then sorry. dont think you get a mulligan on it.

so for those people who think they should only pay a minimum wage (or similar) cuz the kids are sleeping and the babysitter is only there if something goes wrong ... well, umm ... if something goes wrong, dont you want someone around with the ability to handle the situation? a 14 year old working for $30 surely doesnt have the life skills to handle choking, fire or broken limbs ...

how come people pay $75 an hour (or more) to have their car fixed but cant fathom paying a similiar professional to watch their kids?

Originally Posted by DementedReality

fair points ... but your last point it may be easy, but i am pretty discerning on who i trust my kids with. teenagers dont qualify and neither do smokers by the way.

smoking is pretty terrible use of judgement and a careless risk .. if you dont care enough about your own health, cant imagine you will care about the offspring of someone else.