Early childhood is extremely short: I will spend more time with my child as a teenager than with a toddler. Thus any lessons from babysitting toddlers are irrelevant to most of my future parenting experience. Moreover, result is more important than experiencing: raising a great person is more important than having pleasure during parenting.
Parent also has to pay bills, has fears and has to solve medical problems and all these is not related to babysitting experience. Also, parent can’t go home after a working day, and most difficult parts of parenting are often at night, like a child doesn’t want to sleep.
People use the term “babysitting” for any kid who isn’t old enough to be left in the house alone, not just toddlers. That age varies by state and by child and by situation, but can easily be up to 10. For example, Kat Woods mentions babysitting a five year old. So you can get a decent range of experiences out of it.
Early childhood is extremely short: I will spend more time with my child as a teenager than with a toddler. Thus any lessons from babysitting toddlers are irrelevant to most of my future parenting experience. Moreover, result is more important than experiencing: raising a great person is more important than having pleasure during parenting.
Parent also has to pay bills, has fears and has to solve medical problems and all these is not related to babysitting experience. Also, parent can’t go home after a working day, and most difficult parts of parenting are often at night, like a child doesn’t want to sleep.
People use the term “babysitting” for any kid who isn’t old enough to be left in the house alone, not just toddlers. That age varies by state and by child and by situation, but can easily be up to 10. For example, Kat Woods mentions babysitting a five year old. So you can get a decent range of experiences out of it.