Male babysitters

mr_fegelien · 26-12-2019 04:11PM #1

Would you hire them? Why are they not common?

Trigger Happy · 26-12-2019 04:13PM

You having a baby?

BDI · 26-12-2019 04:13PM

I will get vilified here by a load of dads who wear things on their chest for putting babies in but no not a hope.

RMAOK · 26-12-2019 04:13PM

You looking to be a babysitter, OP?

mr_fegelien · 26-12-2019 04:15PM

RMAOK wrote: »

You looking to be a babysitter, OP?

Probably. But who would hire a male babysitter that's black.

eviltwin · 26-12-2019 04:15PM

If I know them why not? Not all men are paedophiles.

BDI · 26-12-2019 04:16PM

eviltwin wrote: »

If I know them why not? Not all men are paedophiles.

What about the ones showing a keen interest in a dead end near minimum wage job with close access to children?

Tippsman · 26-12-2019 04:16PM

No.

Pedos automatically.

BDI · 26-12-2019 04:17PM

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Probably. But who would hire a male babysitter that's black.

Lilly Allen would be all over that.

eviltwin · 26-12-2019 04:17PM

BDI wrote: »

What about the ones showing a keen interest in a dead end near minimum wage job with close access to children?

What about them?

BDI · 26-12-2019 04:18PM

eviltwin wrote: »

What about them?

Would you let your kids be the chance for them to show the world they just really want to work in childcare?

eviltwin · 26-12-2019 04:21PM

BDI wrote: »

Would you let your kids be the chance for them to show the world they just really want to work in childcare?

There is a male worker in my sons afterschool service. I don't have any control over who they hire.

26-12-2019 04:21PM

BDI wrote: »

What about the ones showing a keen interest in a dead end near minimum wage job with close access to children?

What about the women doing the same?

26-12-2019 04:21PM

good for kids to have positive male role models

DEFTLEFTHAND · 26-12-2019 04:22PM

Get my 16 yr male cousin to mind our fella when we go out. He doesn't mind it, he gets a takeaway and 50 quid out of it.

Sardonicat · 26-12-2019 04:25PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Get my 16 yr male cousin to mind our fella when we go out. He doesn't mind it, he gets a takeaway and 50 quid out of it.

€50! ?

1o059k7ewrqj3n · 26-12-2019 04:29PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Get my 16 yr male cousin to mind our fella when we go out. He doesn't mind it, he gets a takeaway and 50 quid out of it.

****in hell. I'll do it for ya next time for 30 blips and a frozen pizza.

BDI · 26-12-2019 04:34PM

eviltwin wrote: »

There is a male worker in my sons afterschool service. I don't have any control over who they hire.

Probably forced to be there by some jobbridge crowd.

eviltwin · 26-12-2019 04:50PM

BDI wrote: »

Probably forced to be there by some jobbridge crowd.

Yeah cause no man would work with children unless he's a child abuser or there by force. Why do you have such a low opinion of men?

jam_mac_jam · 26-12-2019 04:57PM

Jesus what a horrible opinion of males you have. Some men like children actually some of the people i know who are great with kids are men. I'm female and they wreck my head.

super_furry · 26-12-2019 05:00PM

Sardonicat wrote: »

€50! ?

Tenner an hour suddenly became standard for baby sitters. It's mental.

Having said that I'd have no problems letting my male relatives babysit.

26-12-2019 05:05PM

mr_fegelien wrote:

Would you hire them? Why are they not common?

Plenty of male child care workers in crÃ¨ches. All garda vetted. Plenty of male babysitters too.

26-12-2019 05:08PM

super_furry wrote:

Tenner an hour suddenly became standard for baby sitters. It's mental.

That's because we now have minimum wage. They also took out the labour free competition. Au pairs have to be paid now too.

Gonad · 26-12-2019 05:17PM

Instantly thought of this

https://youtu.be/gZRKHRhjyVQ

Sardonicat · 26-12-2019 05:22PM

Sleeper12 wrote: »

That's because we now have minimum wage. They also took out the labour free competition. Au pairs have to be paid now too.

€10 an hour for a teenager to watch telly and eat takeaway while the kid sleeps upstairs. Meanwhile, Carer's Allowance is €219 a week.

Millicently · 26-12-2019 05:24PM

I don't see the problem with male babysitters. Most babysitters are the teenager next door or a teenage female relative who want a few quid. There have been male nurses and male carers for a long time. It's terrible to see such widespread suspicion of men and that any male who is interested in children or willing to babysit a child must be a pedophile.

26-12-2019 05:31PM

Sleeper12 wrote: »

That's because we now have minimum wage. They also took out the labour free competition. Au pairs have to be paid now too.

Min wage doesn’t apply to a teenager babysitting.

Pizza and a 10ee, maybe 20 quid if it’s a very late night is about all I’d be paying a teenage relation to watch tv and check in on a child now and again.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 26-12-2019 06:50PM

BDI · 26-12-2019 06:57PM

bubblypop wrote: »

What about the women doing the same?

Women are into that stuff. Men might pretend to have an interest in other people’s children but I’ve been on a building site for decades. Very few women around. Nobody cares what your baby looks like. Nobody wants to know if your child won his football match, if your son is working age he can come in and drill holes but that’s about it.

Anybody asking me could they come home with me and babysit or hang out with my kids because they love kids would be met with suspicion.

Women bring their new babies to work during maternity leave and all have cake. They like that stuff. Men don’t.

26-12-2019 07:00PM

Sardonicat wrote:

â‚¬10 an hour for a teenager to watch telly and eat takeaway while the kid sleeps upstairs. Meanwhile, Carer's Allowance is â‚¬219 a week.

sugarman wrote:

Its currently â‚¬6.86 for anyone under 18.

Ronin Damp Leopard wrote:

Min wage doesnâ€™t apply to a teenager babysitting.

Anyone under the age of 18 can't work after 10pm unless working for a close relative. Anyone under the age of 16 can't work after 8pm.

26-12-2019 07:05PM

BDI wrote: »

Women are into that stuff. Men might pretend to have an interest in other people’s children but I’ve been on a building site for decades. Very few women around. Nobody cares what your baby looks like. Nobody wants to know if your child won his football match, if your son is working age he can come in and drill holes but that’s about it.

Anybody asking me could they come home with me and babysit or hang out with my kids because they love kids would be met with suspicion.

Women bring their new babies to work during maternity leave and all have cake. They like that stuff. Men don’t.

I'm a woman, I don't care about anyone else's children. Couldn't care less what your baby looks like.
I work with mostly men, believe me, they talk about their kids all the time. Bores me, pretending to care.
Maybe the lads on the sites with you are afraid to talk about their kids, maybe they're afraid you will call them paedophiles?

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