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Abilene, TX • Acworth, GA • Addison, IL • Akron, OH • Alafaya, FL • Albany, GA • Albany, NY • Albemarle, NC • Algonquin, IL • Allen, TX • Allentown, PA • Alpharetta, GA • Altamonte Springs, FL • Altoona, PA • Amarillo, TX • Ambler, PA • Amelia, OH • Amherst, NY • Anaheim, CA • Antioch, CA • Antioch, IL • Apex, NC • Apopka, FL • Arlington, TX • Arlington Heights, IL • Asheboro, NC • Asheville, NC • Astoria, NY • Atascocita, TX • Athens, GA • Athens, OH • Atlanta, GA • Atlantic City, NJ • Aubrey, TX • Auburn, GA • Augusta, GA • Aurora, IL • Austell, GA • Austin, TX • Aventura, FL • Avon, OH

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Babylon, NY • Bakersfield, CA • Baldwin, NY • Barrington, IL • Bartlett, IL • Batavia, IL • Batavia, OH • Bayonne, NJ • Bay Shore, NY • Baytown, TX • Beacon, NY • Beaumont, TX • Beavercreek, OH • Bedford, TX • Belleville, NJ • Belleville, IL • Belmont, NC • Belvidere, IL • Bensalem, PA • Bensenville, IL • Berea, OH • Bergenfield, NJ • Berkeley, CA • Berwyn, IL • Bethlehem, PA • Beverly Hills, CA • Binghamton, NY • Bloomfield, NJ • Bloomington, IL • Bloomsburg, PA • Boca Raton, FL • Bolingbrook, IL • Boone, NC • Bound Brook, NJ • Bourbonnais, IL • Bowling Green, OH • Boynton Beach, FL • Bradenton, FL • Brandon, FL • Braselton, GA • Brentwood, CA • Brentwood, NY • Brick, NJ • Brick Township, NJ • Bridgewater, NJ • Brockport, NY • Bronx, NY • Bronxville, NY • Brookhaven, NY • Brooklyn, NY • Brownsville, TX • Brunswick, OH • Brunswick, GA • Bryan, TX • Buffalo, NY • Buffalo Grove, IL • Buford, GA • Burbank, CA • Burbank, IL • Burleson, TX • Burlington, NJ • Burlington, NC • Butler, PA

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Calhoun, GA • Calumet City, IL • Camden, NJ • Camp Hill, PA • Canal Winchester, OH • Canandaigua, NY • Canton, OH • Canton, GA • Canyon, TX • Canyon Lake, TX • Cape Coral, FL • Carbondale, IL • Carlisle, PA • Carlsbad, CA • Carol Stream, IL • Carpentersville, IL • Carrollton, TX • Carrollton, GA • Carteret, NJ • Cartersville, GA • Cary, NC • Casselberry, FL • Cedar Park, TX • Centerville, OH • Central Islip, NY • Chambersburg, PA • Champaign, IL • Chapel Hill, NC • Chardon, OH • Charleston, IL • Charlotte, NC • Cheektowaga, NY • Cherry Hill, NJ • Chicago, IL • Chicago Heights, IL • Chico, CA • Chillicothe, OH • Chula Vista, CA • Cicero, IL • Cincinnati, OH • Citrus Heights, CA • City Of Orange, NJ • Clayton, NC • Clearwater, FL • Clemmons, NC • Clermont, FL • Cleveland, OH • Cleveland Heights, OH • Cliffside Park, NJ • Clifton, NJ • Clifton Park, NY • Clovis, CA • Coatesville, PA • Cocoa, FL • Coconut Creek, FL • College Park, GA • College Station, TX • Collegeville, PA • Collinsville, IL • Columbus, GA • Columbus, OH • Commack, NY • Concord, CA • Concord, NC • Conroe, TX • Conyers, GA • Coppell, TX • Copperas Cove, TX • Coral Springs, FL • Coram, NY • Cornelius, NC • Corona, CA • Corp Christi, TX • Corpus Christi, TX • Costa Mesa, CA • Covington, GA • Cranberry Township, PA • Cranford, NJ • Crystal Lake, IL • Culver City, CA • Cumming, GA • Cuyahoga Falls, OH • Cypress, TX

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Dacula, GA • Dahlonega, GA • Dallas, GA • Dallas, TX • Dalton, GA • Daly City, CA • Darien, IL • Davenport, FL • Davie, FL • Dawsonville, GA • Dayton, OH • Daytona Beach, FL • Decatur, IL • Decatur, GA • Deerfield Beach, FL • Deer Park, NY • De Kalb, IL • De Land, FL • Delaware, OH • Delray Beach, FL • Deltona, FL • Denton, TX • Deptford Township, NJ • Des Plaines, IL • Destin, FL • Dix Hills, NY • Doral, FL • Douglasville, GA • Dover, NJ • Downers Grove, IL • Downingtown, PA • Doylestown, PA • Drexel Hill, PA • Dublin, OH • Duluth, GA • Dunwoody, GA • Durham, NC

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East Brunswick, NJ • East Hampton, NY • East Meadow, NY • Easton, PA • East Orange, NJ • East Stroudsburg, PA • East Windsor, NJ • Edinburg, TX • Edison, NJ • Edwardsville, IL • Egg Harbor Township, NJ • El Cajon, CA • Elgin, IL • Elizabeth, NJ • Elizabeth City, NC • Elizabethtown, PA • Elk Grove, CA • Elk Grove Village, IL • Ellenwood, GA • Elmhurst, IL • Elmira, NY • Elmont, NY • Elmwood Park, IL • El Paso, TX • Elyria, OH • Endicott, NY • Englewood, NJ • Englishtown, NJ • Ephrata, PA • Erie, PA • Escondido, CA • Euclid, OH • Euless, TX • Evans, GA • Evanston, IL • Evesham Township, NJ • Ewing Township, NJ

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Fairborn, OH • Fairburn, GA • Fairfield, OH • Fair Lawn, NJ • Fairport, NY • Fayetteville, NC • Fayetteville, GA • Findlay, OH • Flemington, NJ • Flower Mound, TX • Flowery Branch, GA • Folsom, CA • Fontana, CA • Forney, TX • Fort Lauderdale, FL • Fort Lee, NJ • Fort Myers, FL • Fort Pierce, FL • Fort Stewart, GA • Fort Walton Beach, FL • Fort Worth, TX • Frankfort, IL • Franklin Township, NJ • Freehold, NJ • Freeport, NY • Fremont, CA • Fresno, CA • Friendswood, TX • Frisco, TX • Fullerton, CA • Fuquay Varina, NC

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Gahanna, OH • Gainesville, GA • Gainesville, FL • Galloway, NJ • Galveston, TX • Garden Grove, CA • Garfield, NJ • Garfield Heights, OH • Garland, TX • Garner, NC • Gastonia, NC • Geneva, IL • Georgetown, TX • Glassboro, NJ • Glen Cove, NY • Glendale, CA • Glendale Heights, IL • Glen Ellyn, IL • Glens Falls, NY • Glenview, IL • Goldsboro, NC • Grand Prairie, TX • Grapevine, TX • Grayslake, IL • Grayson, GA • Greenacres, FL • Greensboro, NC • Greensburg, PA • Greenville, NC • Griffin, GA • Grove City, OH • Grovetown, GA • Gurnee, IL • Guttenberg, NJ

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Hackensack, NJ • Hackettstown, NJ • Hamburg, NY • Hamilton, OH • Hampton, GA • Hampton Bays, NY • Hanover, PA • Hanover Park, IL • Harlingen, TX • Harrisburg, PA • Harrison, NY • Harrison, NJ • Havelock, NC • Hawthorne, CA • Hawthorne, NJ • Hayward, CA • Hemet, CA • Hempstead, NY • Hendersonville, NC • Hialeah, FL • Hickory, NC • Hicksville, NY • High Point, NC • Hilliard, OH • Hillsborough Township, NJ • Hillside, NJ • Hinesville, GA • Hiram, GA • Hoboken, NJ • Hoffman Estates, IL • Holbrook, NY • Holly Springs, NC • Hollywood, FL • Homer Glen, IL • Homestead, FL • Hope Mills, NC • Houston, TX • Huber Heights, OH • Humble, TX • Huntersville, NC • Huntington, NY • Huntington Beach, CA • Huntsville, TX • Hurst, TX • Hutto, TX

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Indiana, PA • Indian Trail, NC • Inglewood, CA • Irvine, CA • Irving, TX • Irvington, NJ • Ithaca, NY

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Jacksonville, NC • Jacksonville, FL • Jamaica, NY • Jefferson, GA • Jersey City, NJ • Johns Creek, GA • Johnstown, PA • Joliet, IL • Jonesboro, GA • Jupiter, FL

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Kannapolis, NC • Katy, TX • Kearny, NJ • Keller, TX • Kennesaw, GA • Kent, OH • Kernersville, NC • Kettering, OH • Killeen, TX • King Of Prussia, PA • Kingsland, GA • Kingston, NY • Kissimmee, FL • Knightdale, NC

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La Grange, GA • Lake City, FL • Lake Forest, IL • Lake In The Hills, IL • Lakeland, FL • Lake Mary, FL • Lakewood, OH • Lake Worth, FL • Lancaster, CA • Lancaster, OH • Lancaster, PA • Land O' Lakes, FL • Langhorne, PA • Lansdale, PA • Laredo, TX • Largo, FL • Lawrenceville, GA • League City, TX • Leander, TX • Lebanon, OH • Lebanon, PA • Lehigh Acres, FL • Leland, NC • Levittown, NY • Levittown, PA • Lewisville, TX • Lexington, NC • Liberty Township, OH • Libertyville, IL • Lilburn, GA • Lima, OH • Lincolnton, NC • Linden, NJ • Lindenhurst, NY • Lindenwold, NJ • Lisle, IL • Lithonia, GA • Lititz, PA • Little Elm, TX • Livermore, CA • Liverpool, NY • Livingston, NJ • Lockport, NY • Lockport, IL • Locust Grove, GA • Lodi, NJ • Loganville, GA • Lombard, IL • Long Beach, CA • Long Beach, NY • Long Branch, NJ • Longview, TX • Longwood, FL • Lorain, OH • Los Angeles, CA • Loveland, OH • Loves Park, IL • Lubbock, TX • Lumberton, NC • Lutz, FL • Lyndhurst, NJ

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Mableton, GA • Macon, GA • Magnolia, TX • Malvern, PA • Mamaroneck, NY • Mansfield, OH • Mansfield, TX • Manteca, CA • Mantua Township, NJ • Maplewood, NJ • Margate, FL • Marietta, GA • Marion, OH • Marion, NC • Marysville, OH • Mason, OH • Massillon, OH • Matthews, NC • Mc Allen, TX • Mc Donough, GA • Mc Henry, IL • Mc Kinney, TX • Mechanicsburg, PA • Media, PA • Medina, OH • Melbourne, FL • Melrose Park, IL • Menifee, CA • Mentor, OH • Merced, CA • Merrick, NY • Mesquite, TX • Miami, FL • Miami Beach, FL • Miami Gardens, FL • Miamisburg, OH • Middletown, OH • Middletown, NJ • Middletown, NY • Midland, TX • Midlothian, TX • Milford, OH • Milledgeville, GA • Millville, NJ • Milton, FL • Miramar, FL • Mission, TX • Mission Viejo, CA • Missouri City, TX • Modesto, CA • Mokena, IL • Moline, IL • Monroe, NC • Monroe, GA • Montclair, NJ • Montgomery, TX • Mooresville, NC • Moreno Valley, CA • Morganton, NC • Morristown, NJ • Morrisville, NC • Morrisville, PA • Morrow, GA • Mountain View, CA • Mount Laurel, NJ • Mount Laurel Township, NJ • Mount Olive Township, NJ • Mount Prospect, IL • Mount Vernon, OH • Mount Vernon, NY • Mt. Airy, NC • Mundelein, IL • Murrieta, CA

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Nacogdoches, TX • Napa, CA • Naperville, IL • Naples, FL • Navarre, FL • New Albany, OH • Newark, NJ • New Bern, NC • New Braunfels, TX • New Brunswick, NJ • Newburgh, NY • New Castle, PA • New City, NY • New Lenox, IL • Newnan, GA • Newport Beach, CA • New Port Richey, FL • New Prt Rchy, FL • New Rochelle, NY • Newton, NJ • Newtown, PA • New York, NY • Niagara Falls, NY • Niles, IL • Norcross, GA • Normal, IL • Norristown, PA • North Bergen, NJ • Northbrook, IL • North Brunswick Township, NJ • North Canton, OH • North Hollywood, CA • North Miami Beach, FL • North Olmsted, OH • North Plainfield, NJ • North Port, FL • North Richland Hills, TX • North Ridgeville, OH • North Tonawanda, NY • Nueva York, NY • Nutley, NJ

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Oak Forest, IL • Oakland, CA • Oak Lawn, IL • Oak Park, IL • Ocala, FL • Oceanside, CA • Odessa, TX • Ontario, CA • Orange, CA • Orange Park, FL • Orchard Park, NY • Orlando, FL • Orland Park, IL • Ormond Beach, FL • Ossining, NY • Oswego, IL • Oswego, NY • Oviedo, FL • Oxford, OH • Oxnard, CA

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Painesville, OH • Palatine, IL • Palm Bay, FL • Palm Beach Gardens, FL • Palm Coast, FL • Palmdale, CA • Palm Harbor, FL • Panama City, FL • Panama City Beach, FL • Paramus, NJ • Park Ridge, IL • Parma, OH • Parsippany Troy Hills, NJ • Pasadena, TX • Pasadena, CA • Passaic, NJ • Patchogue, NY • Paterson, NJ • Peachtree City, GA • Pearland, TX • Pembroke Pines, FL • Pensacola, FL • Peoria, IL • Perkasie, PA • Perry, GA • Perrysburg, OH • Perth Amboy, NJ • Petaluma, CA • Pflugerville, TX • Philadelphia, PA • Phoenixville, PA • Piqua, OH • Piscataway, NJ • Pittsburg, CA • Pittsburgh, PA • Pittsford, NY • Plainfield, NJ • Plainfield, IL • Plano, TX • Plantation, FL • Plant City, FL • Pomona, CA • Pompano Beach, FL • Pooler, GA • Port Chester, NY • Port St. Lucie, FL • Pottstown, PA • Poughkeepsie, NY • Powder Springs, GA • Princeton, NJ

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Queens, NY • Quincy, IL

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Raeford, NC • Rahway, NJ • Raleigh, NC • Rancho Cucamonga, CA • Randolph, NJ • Ravenna, OH • Reading, PA • Redding, CA • Redlands, CA • Redondo Beach, CA • Redwood City, CA • Reidsville, NC • Reynoldsburg, OH • Richardson, TX • Richlands, NC • Richmond, TX • Richmond Hill, GA • Richmond Hill, NY • Ringgold, GA • Riverdale, GA • Riverside, CA • Riverview, FL • Rochester, NY • Rockford, IL • Rock Island, IL • Rocklin, CA • Rockwall, TX • Rocky Mount, NC • Rolling Meadows, IL • Rome, GA • Romeoville, IL • Ronkonkoma, NY • Rosenberg, TX • Roseville, CA • Roswell, GA • Round Lake, IL • Round Lake Heights, IL • Round Rock, TX • Rowlett, TX • Roxbury Township, NJ • Royersford, PA

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Sacramento, CA • Saginaw, TX • Saint Augustine, FL • Saint Petersburg, FL • Salinas, CA • Salisbury, NC • San Angelo, TX • San Antonio, TX • San Bernardino, CA • San Clemente, CA • San Diego, CA • Sandusky, OH • Sandy Springs, GA • Sanford, NC • Sanford, FL • San Francisco, CA • San Jose, CA • San Leandro, CA • San Luis Obispo, CA • San Marcos, TX • San Marcos, CA • San Mateo, CA • Santa Ana, CA • Santa Barbara, CA • Santa Clara, CA • Santa Clarita, CA • Santa Cruz, CA • Santa Monica, CA • Santa Rosa, CA • Sarasota, FL • Saratoga Springs, NY • Savannah, GA • Sayreville, NJ • Scarsdale, NY • Schaumburg, IL • Schenectady, NY • Scranton, PA • Selden, NY • Shaker Heights, OH • Sharpsburg, GA • Shelby, NC • Sherman, TX • Sicklerville, NJ • Simi Valley, CA • Skokie, IL • Smithtown, NY • Smyrna, GA • Snellville, GA • South Brunswick Township, NJ • South Elgin, IL • South Orange, NJ • Spring, TX • Springboro, OH • Springfield, IL • Springfield, OH • Spring Hill, FL • Spring Lake, NC • Spring Valley, NY • State College, PA • Staten Island, NY • Statesboro, GA • Statesville, NC • St. Augustine, FL • St. Charles, IL • St. Cloud, FL • Stephenville, TX • Stockbridge, GA • Stockton, CA • Stone Mountain, GA • St. Petersburg, FL • Streamwood, IL • Strongsville, OH • Stuart, FL • Sugar Hill, GA • Sugar Land, TX • Summit, NJ • Sunnyvale, CA • Sunrise, FL • Suwanee, GA • Sylvania, OH • Syracuse, NY

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Tallahassee, FL • Tamarac, FL • Tampa, FL • Teaneck, NJ • Temecula, CA • Temple, TX • Texarkana, TX • The Bronx, NY • The Colony, TX • The Woodlands, TX • Thomasville, NC • Thousand Oaks, CA • Tifton, GA • Tinley Park, IL • Toledo, OH • Tomball, TX • Toms River, NJ • Tonawanda, NY • Torrance, CA • Tracy, CA • Trenton, NJ • Troy, NY • Troy, OH • Tucker, GA • Turlock, CA • Tyler, TX

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Union, NJ • Union City, NJ • Upper Darby, PA • Urbana, IL • Utica, NY

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Vacaville, CA • Valdosta, GA • Vallejo, CA • Valley Stream, NY • Venice, FL • Ventura, CA • Vernon Hills, IL • Vero Beach, FL • Victoria, TX • Victorville, CA • Villa Rica, GA • Vineland, NJ • Visalia, CA • Vista, CA

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Waco, TX • Wake Forest, NC • Wall Township, NJ • Warner Robins, GA • Warren, OH • Watertown, NY • Waukegan, IL • Waxahachie, TX • Waxhaw, NC • Waycross, GA • Wayne, NJ • Weatherford, TX • Webster, NY • Weehawken, NJ • Wellington, FL • Wesley Chapel, FL • West Babylon, NY • West Chester, PA • West Chester, OH • West Chester Township, OH • Westerville, OH • Westfield, NJ • West Hollywood, CA • Westlake, OH • West New York, NJ • Weston, FL • West Orange, NJ • West Palm Beach, FL • West Seneca, NY • Wheaton, IL • Wheeling, IL • White Plains, NY • Whittier, CA • Wichita Falls, TX • Wilkes Barre, PA • Williamsport, PA • Willingboro, NJ • Willow Grove, PA • Wilmington, NC • Wilson, NC • Winder, GA • Windermere, FL • Winston Salem, NC • Winter Garden, FL • Winter Haven, FL • Winter Park, FL • Woodbridge Township, NJ • Woodridge, IL • Woodstock, GA • Woodstock, IL • Wooster, OH • Wylie, TX

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Yardley, PA • Yonkers, NY • York, PA • Yorkville, IL • Youngstown, OH

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Zebulon, NC • Zephyrhills, FL • Zion, IL

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How to Find a Babysitter

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Understand Babysitter Responsibilities in the United States

Before beginning the search for a babysitter, it’s important to understand what you’re looking for and if a babysitter is the right choice for your child care needs. There are lots of benefits to hiring a babysitter such as getting the flexibility of having some more time for yourself or with your partner. When hiring a babysitter, first, you should explore the differences between a nanny and a babysitter. If you’re looking for occasional child care, babysitters are the right choice for you, but if you’re looking for more frequent care, a nanny may be better for your needs.

From there, you can think about what you expect your babysitter to handle so that you can create a profile for nannies to reach out to you. The boundaries for babysitters’ duties can vary from family to family. However, in general, a babysitter is responsible for making sure your kids’ needs are met, including things like ensuring they have opportunities to play and be active. When tasks go beyond child care, for example to housekeeping, laundry, or meal preparation, it’s good practice to communicate these expectations with your babysitter before hiring them. Along with the different duties that you ask for, experience and location can impact how much you pay your babysitter.

Babysitter Interviews:

Once you start connecting with prospective babysitters, the next step is to conduct an interview. To make things a bit easier, here’s a list of some babysitter interview questions to consider asking:

  • Do you have experience being a babysitter?
  • What sort of household tasks are you open and comfortable doing?
  • Do you have any references?
  • Are you trained in First Aid or CPR?
  • Do you have a driver’s license? Do you own a car?
  • How do you handle tantrums? Can you share an experience disciplining children?

During the hiring process, it’s essential to ask for references and by asking their references questions you gain a better understanding of they will fit in your family. As you get closer to hiring a nanny, be sure to run a background check to ensure your kids are in good hands. When evaluating a babysitter that you’re considering hiring, make sure you’re setting the foundation for a good relationship with your babysitter. You can do this by being clear about your expectations around babysitter responsibilities and compensation, and of course, by being friendly and welcoming!

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