Gisela M.

“ I have been caring for children ever since I've been 12. From the ages between 12-17, I was a teacher's assistant for a class size of 20-25 for 7-9-year-old girls at the ballet studio I was enrolled in. Responsibilities would include helping the girls stretch, help with choreography, help during picture taking and recitals. During these years, I would also help out my mother's friends by babysitting their children...

I have been caring for children ever since I've been 12. From the ages between 12-17, I was a teacher's assistant for a class size of 20-25 for 7-9-year-old girls at the ballet studio I was enrolled in. Responsibilities would include helping the girls stretch, help with choreography, help during picture taking and recitals. During these years, I would also help out my mother's friends by babysitting their children without pay. I started to get paid the summer of 2008 while working at a gym's day care. I would take care of children from 8 months to 11 years of age at the day care. Most days I would care for about four kids at the most, but there were times were I had 11 children under my watch. After this, I have taken care of children (ages 2 to 9) for families that live around my campus as well as for faculty members of the university I attend.

Having the right babysitter is so important to any parent/guardian, which is why I love being a babysitter. I like being that person for a parent, letting them know that their child or children are in the right hands and it's something less they have to worry or stress about while having to worry about other responsibilities in their lives. I also just love kids. I have fun spending time with them and vice versa.

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