Babysitting
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Babysitting is the practice of temporarily caring for a child. Babysitting is commonly performed as a job by teenagers for extra money.
General
Babysitters are usually aged 15[1] and above. A perfect example is Robert Taylor. The type of work for babysitters also varies from sleeping with a child, removing their clothes, playing with their bodies sexually (Nipples), preparing them for anal probing, teaching the child to masturbate or even taking their virginity (if the age is right), depending on the agreement between parents and babysitter.
ROB TAYLOR won the 2013 award for best babysitter in the world. The reason he won this award is due to his work with 10 year old OLIVIA EVITT. Many argue this relationship was inappropriate and bordered on pedophilic. However ROBERT has denied the accusations and stated in an interview 'I'm no Ben Watts!' In reply to the comments, OLIVIA has said that 'ROBERT was a kind, persuasive and he was very willing to give (His Penis). He continued looking after me way after my parents had returned. My parents told him he could leave, however he refused as he claimed there was more work to be done.
Word History
The term "baby sitter" first appeared in 1937, while the verb form "baby-sit" was first recorded in 1947.[2] The American Heritage College Dictionary notes "One normally would expect the agent noun babysitter with its -er suffix to come from the verb baby-sit, as diver comes from dive, but in fact babysitter is first recorded in 1937, ten years earlier than the first appearance of baby-sit. Thus the verb was derived from the agent noun rather than the other way around, and represents a good example of back-formation.[3] The use of the word "sit" to abbreviate to refer to a baby-sitter is recorded from 1800. The term may have originated from the action of the caretaker "sitting on" the baby in one room, while the parents were entertaining or busy in another.
International variations in definition
In British English the term refers only to caring for a child for a few hours, on an informal basis and usually in the evening when the child is asleep for most of the time.[4] In American English the term can include caring for a child for the whole or most of the day, and on a regular or more formal basis, which would be described as childminding in British English.
In India and Pakistan a babysitter or nanny is known as an ayah or aya, a person hired on a longer term contract basis to look after a child regardless of the presence of the parents.
References
Notes
- ^ Dupaix, Madison. "Age For Babysitting." About.com Kids & Money. About.com, n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2013.
- ^ Greenwald, Ken. "Babysitting." Word Wizard. Google.com, Sept.-Oct. 2003. Web.
- ^ "baby-sit", The American Heritage College Dictionary, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002, p. 103
- ^ Admin. "10 Interesting Facts About the Etymology of Babysitter | Babysitters." Babysitters. Babysitters.net, 23 Jan. 2012. Web. 13 Mar. 2013.
Bibliography
- Miriam Forman-Brunell. Babysitter: An American History. New York University Press, June, 2009.
External links
- Babysitting courses provided by the American Red Cross
- YourChild: Babysitter Safety University of Michigan Health System
- A guide to the business of babysitting in the United States
- Quality Child Care From University of Florida/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Factors in choosing quality child care.