I must say that I never babysat anyone (nor did anyone babysit me, as a kid)... our neighborhood was fairly rural, and there were no younger kids on my street at all. I was always envious of my suburban friends for being able to babysit so much (though now that I think of it, they were pretty young to be doing that--13-14 years old), and sometimes I would go with them to babysit. Nothing crazy ever happened, though.
At what age does it start being okay to let your child be babysat? How old are the babysitters, usually? And how do you figure out if you can trust them? (Perhaps I should start another thread.)
