f6twister

Until now, my wife and I have relied strictly on our mom's and my sister to watch our kids, a 2 y/o boy and 11 week old girl. While having free babysitting is great, their schedules are hard to work with so getting them to watch the kids is often difficult. We are tempted to try finding a teenager to watch them but we find ourselves lacking the trust we need to leave them with someone besides our family. We have asked around and no one seems to know any reliable teenagers we could talk to.

If you had a teenager watch your kids, how did you go about hiring them? Did you do any time of police record check? Did you ask for references? Anything else?

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