Reply #50: Depending on the ages and number of children they are watching, yes. [View All]

I think babysitters should have licenses to watch infants, or more than three children at a time, especially if those kids are under five.

There's a difference between having your neighbor watch your kid for half and hour here and there on an informal basis and dropping them off every morning, especially if you have your own kids and are then supervising a large group of under-fives. There's a reason why swimming pools, playgrounds, malls and many other public spaces require a certain child to supervisor ratio.

If the child is not in their own home and/or not being supervised by their parents, then the same rules that apply to daycares and preschools should apply to any other kind of supervision.