Babysitting Training Class

Activities for Youth in the Church

Offering a Babysitting Class for the youth in your church can serve for two purposes.  One, the youth can learn about babysitting and its responsibilities for a part time job and/or to help out at home and with other family members who have younger children.  And two, to help assist in the church nursery and primary departments for either Sunday School or church.

Many places and groups like the Red Cross offer these courses.  Find out if they will come to your church for a session.  Most of them even give a babysitters training certificate when they are done.  Your youth will learn many things that can be related to not only babysitting but life in general like; how to care for children, being a good leader, being a good role model for younger children, health and safety issues, and how to handle emergencies, accidents, and sicknesses.  If your church has a library with computers, some courses are offered on line and the youth could do the course at your library in small groups. Most courses, whether on-line or in a class room, are about 6 hours long.  Because of the importance and valued lessons your youth will learn and how it can relate to church help and functions in the future, try hard to have your church funds pay for this opportunity for the youth.

Whatever training or course you decide to use, be sure to share your accomplishments and special abilities the youth have developed with the congregation, parents, and  future babysitting clients. Parents at your church will appreciate knowing that someone in the church nursery who is watching their child is a skilled babysitter.