Yeaah, why not?im 12 and ive goot a wee sistaa of 8, ivee looked after her ovaa night lots! tbh its not hardit depends on the maturity and if theey get on i supposee..
In,my country it is very fine.
i babysat a 2 and 4 yr old for 8 hrs a day when i was 14...depends on the maturity levels
She is a bit young for over night. Would she wake up if there are any problems? If she does it is very important that she has access to a mature adult in case of problems or worries.
If you know her very well and she is responsiable it can be okay. Just do your homework before and finding out.
Would she be able to cope if the 12 & 10 year old gave her a hard time ??? Do these children do as they are told ???
It all depends on how the children behave when in the care of your daughter !!!
It's a big responsiblity !!! I would say NO to the overnight bit.
Personally, I wouldn't contemplate it for more than a fleeting moment. It's not fair on the 16yo, apart from anything.
nope
my kids are 16,14 &12 and i would not be happy leaving them overnight. its a lot of responsibility.
Well my mum used to leave me alone overnight to babysit my 8 year old brother when I was TWELVE. Let me just say that if the house is big and dark and your 16 year old doesnt feel safe at night without you then I wouldnt do it. If the 16 year old is responsible and confident and gets along well with the younger ones then it is probably fine.
why where are you going?
when i was 16 i would babysit overnight once a week. the girls were like 6 & 8 at the time and the parents work schedule was wierd one night a week - one parent worked nights all the time and the other days but then once a week the one that worked days would have to work a night shift - so i would come over around 8:00 at night and spend the night there (although they didn't leave until around 11:00 pm until one of them got home around 9 or 10 am.
I actually started babysitting for these people when i was 13 so they completely trusted me. If your 16 yr old never babysat for these kids, then i wouldn't let them do it.
hi wehn i gave birth my baby was only two weeks when i left her with my sixteen year old niece who infact is my childs god mother but she is very responsible works fulltime and i can fully trust , but it was only for two hours to go look at a house,
i think it all comes down to maturity and if you actually trust her not just as a daughter but as a grown up
give her a chance for two hours one day while food shopping and see how it goes
i think in law it is ok to leave a responsible person in charge -but personally i would not leave them overnight, anything could happen - and you would not forgive yourself if it did.
You are asking for trouble and there is not a hope in hell that I would have done that. I wouldn't trust a 16 year old male or female to look after my kids. Don't even go there as the 'nice' kid will have friends round and be drinking alcohol the first chance they get and you won't even be a mile up the road!! Get real, this is the 21st century and kids today are not like we were and don't have a responsible bone in their bodies.
it depends how responsible your 16y/o is!
I would leave my 13yr old alone with the 6 and 4 yr old but i dont think id let my 16 year old.
she isnt responsible, whereas my 13 yr old is.
only you can judge how responsible she is too.
the fact that you are questioning it when she/he is sixteen isnt a good sign, when i would let 13yr olds babysit my kids.
TJ x
I personally was 16 and paid by a neighbor to watch her 13 and 6 year old overnight for a week while she went out of town for work. I did it again with the same family at 17. So it just depends on how maturet the 16 year old is.
Has this person babysat for you before?
Personally I wouldn't.At 16 this person is still a child themselves.Leaving children to look after children is never a good idea.
yes that is fine
yes its fine iif you trust them the kids are old enough to tell you if anything happend
If you trust her and you're children love her, there's no problem..I left my children with our 16 yr old babysitter overnight and things were just fine, make sure she has a list of numbers to call, and the only restriction I put on her was not to use the oven...otherwise she had my cell number and knew how to reach us....she never called nd my children were perfectly fine the next day...turns out they want my husband and I to do this again real soon...lol they had a blast.
Completely depends on your 16yr old.
My parents used to leave us alone for weekends by the time my brothers were 16.
I hired a neighbour girl who was 16 to watch my kids for a weekend once. Her parents were just down the block if she needed help and I had complete faith in the her.
I used to babysit overnight by that age as well.
depends on the16 year old in question and how mature they are my 19 year old step son and his 17 year old girlfriend have watched mine overnight(i have 5 ranging in age from 3 to 14)they are very responsible and even have there own flat)so really it all comes down to trust and maturity which only you can judge.
Totally depends on your 16 year old and if the other 2 are good kids who will do as they are told and not cause problems. If you go through with it are you able to be there in a flash....make sure the 16yr old can contact you at anytime just in case.
Legally? yes it is. Smart? not really.
It may or may not be..., depending on the 16 year old.
I would start by letting her babysit for short periods of time, gradually increase the time periods to make sure she is responsible enough.