Would U advertise on random FB for a babysitter?

I'm not a mom, so I'll preface with that... But I've seen similar postings from friends before. Assuming that most of the people on FB who are friends know each other in some capacity, I can see it. Now, if this person is randomly posting to a community FB page, that might be a little different.

We have a neighborhood app that we use in our area where people post about yard sales, landscaping, the occasional car break-in, etc. every now and then someone will post that they are new to the area and looking for a sitter. I don't know as though I would go that route, but I guess it may be an easy option.

The mother of my deceased nephews baby did that

I judged. She wasn't going to work or anything, just out to party. I immediately called my brother in law because he lives close to her and doesn't have FB. So he watched the baby.

It's a risky way to get child care

I only have people that I am friends with in real life on my facebook and my page is very secure.So yes maybe I would, rather than ring them all individually to ask.

I agree that it's a huge leap to assume that she is going to let a stranger babysit based on posting about needing a sitter on facebook. I imagine 99% of the people who see the posting even IF she has a public page will be friends.

ETA I'm assuming she posted on HER wall - if she just posted on a community page it might not be such a big leap.

As a teen I often found work babysitting through help wanted ads in the local paper. My first thought, like that of others, is that she put the request on her own page. But if she did post it on a community page, I guess it's really not all that different from the numerous parents who hired me, a random teen from town, by way of the newspaper classified ads.

Did she post this on her own wall? Or on like a craigslist facebook page for the area. There's a BIG difference between the two, at least there would be for me. I have a small number of friends on my facebook page, and if probably be ok with leaving my kid with most of them. A general craigslist/town Facebook page advertisement? No freaking way.

People do crazy things even to known family members.

Go shopping when you have someone reliable to watch your precious children.

I haven't read thread yet, NO I would not.

Parents put that request on our neighborhood site and I'm a little surprised.
ETA after reading. Our neighborhood site is monitored and requires verification for participation. But that's not a background check! A friend had poor service and a check altered by the adult son living with a neighbor. Turns out he had outstanding warrants for theft and fights. Just because they're in our "nice" hood doesn't make them legit.

Maybe I would. We are a military family and often move without knowing or even being friends of a friend to someone. So, how do I find childcare? Fairly sure I wouldn't do it to go shopping but I might to find a babysitter I could use over time. I'd like to think I'm smart enough to get references. I'd probably use sittercity first but have people I've barely met watched my kids? Yes. Am I a shitty mom? Maybe.

When my boys were really little we were at a fancy resort for some business conference for now-exH. I had arrangements for a trusted babysitter from home to go with us, but she had to back out at the very last minute.

So my dilemma was whether to use the babysitter service provided by the resort... or simply not attend the dinners and the gala night with my husband.

I ended up using the service and it worked out fine. But they were not relaxing evenings for me, that's for sure.

I don't think I could ever advertise for a stranger on FB to use that very night with no time to call references or vet the person. Not gonna happen.

This is what I was thinking. We moved when DS was 20 months and I was pregnant with DD. My pregnancies were high risk and I had an appt less than 12 hours after pulling into town. Someone in the OB clinic coordinated child care for us, as they didn't allow children in the clinic and the appt was a lengthy one, as I was inprocessed and needed a normal appt as well.

I can count to on one hand the number of times I had a family member watch my kids. When I went into the hospital to have DD, I'd only known the family that DS stayed with for 2 months.

Today, I'd probably advertise on a community FB page, but I'd interview and check references before hiring anyone. I would not advertise if needed a sitter that night.

I think some parents out there are "desperate" for childcare. To go out "shopping", well that request sounded no so urgent lol. I have seen people post on craigslist for someone needed immediately. There are parents that post on private and non private groups on fb for sitter or a referral of someone that knows someone else (word of mouth). It seems like a lot of people may leave their children with neighbors or families that switch off childcare. I guess it doesn't surprise me for parents to put it out there like hey I need a sitter.

I guess if the kids are school age, they are old enough to know if something isn't right and call the mom? How old are the kids?

3 of the sitters I used in the past I got from sittercity. I did the background check and then did on the phone and in person interviews. We like in a city, but funny enough, all 3 of them we ended up knowing each other in some connection. One of them I babysat briefly when she was a baby.

It took me a while to trust finding a sitter. It I waited until my boys were 2 and 7. When they were babies, only the grandparents babysat.