Meat and potatoes of it all:
Babysitters club started at the age of 10.....watched neighborhood children in summers.
Helped raise my little sister from the time I was 11 and parents split.
Summer sitter for toddler at age 16, ocassional sitting throughout school year.
Sitter for 3 families in neighborhood throughout high school, from ages infant through 10, varied family sizes, sometimes multiple families at once.
Worked in an infant day care room for a few months....had to quit because I contracted mono. :(
Studied infant and child development in college under my major.
Private nanny/personal assistant for a family of 3 children and 3 pets for over 3 1/2 years. Basically operated as a third parent, doing anything and everything you can think of.
Summer sitter for infant of military family--one summer only.
#1 pick of family and friends for child and pet sitting! There is always a little friend with me one way or another!