-- Posted by aered32 at 8:45 am on Aug. 20, 2008 hey everyone! i just graduated from this babysitting class at the hospital. it was really fun, and taught me lots of important stuff. i even learned CPR. anyways, i really enjoy kids, so i'm gonna start babysitting. how should i advertise myself to parents with children. i'm about 13 years old, and my mom only wants me to babysit for people who live in my town. should i put my name in this local paper (craig's list is what the paper is called), or put up flyers? what should i  do??? -- Posted by tropicalbreezze2 at 8:48 am on Aug. 20, 2008 most of the time people hire babysisters that they know through friends family etc. So you need your parents to advertise to their friends for you and start networking -- Posted by Leah Louise at 8:50 am on Aug. 20, 2008 just make sure you say uv done a baby sitting course people will hire you and i think sum1 is only 12 hahaaa saying your about 13? lol weird how u dnt kno how old u are for difinet haha -- Posted by aered32 at 8:52 am on Aug. 20, 2008 Quote: from PwittyBbe at 8:50 am on Aug. 20, 2008 just make sure you say uv done a baby sitting course people will hire you and i think sum1 is only 12 hahaaa saying your about 13?   lol weird how u dnt kno how old u are for difinet haha i meant i was turning 13 soon, so i just said about 13 -- Posted by ronda at 8:52 am on Aug. 20, 2008 I put an AD up at the pre-school my mum works at, that did the trick. Around here though, people dont really trust their kids with 13 year olds, they like to have someone older. -- Posted by breannafhchick06 at 8:58 am on Aug. 20, 2008 people will prob want someone older