Almost every girl I know has a family or two that they babysit for. Most of the time it's easy money because the kids are too young to need you to entertain them constantly. But then sometimes, to your dismay, you get the older siblings who need you to always have activities for you all to do.

For $10 an hour I would do anything, to be quite honest. As a struggling college student, my wallet can sometimes seem paper thin so I pick up any odd jobs I can find in my community over the summer. Whether it's my job working at my local park or working for a party company, I find that my favorite job is babysitting. Maybe it's because I'm a big kid myself, or maybe it's because usually the kids I watch just need to be put in front of a TV set.

I like that the kids have no filter because it leaves me with stories to tell my family and friends. I like that the snack cabinet is always open for me to binge eat on. I love the rare occasion that the parents come home drunk and overpay me. I love that most of the kids I watch have pools because then I can take a dip on those hot summer days and still work! It's like a dream job and honestly, I would do it for a living. (And as an Education major, it basically will be my profession).

I also believe that babysitting can be, and is, the best form of birth control.

However, sometimes I find that babysitting can be a pain. It isn't the world's easiest job, in my opinion, because of a whole range of things that can go on. If you have an infant, you have the whole diaper situation. If you have a toddler, you have to make sure they don't bump their heads because of how clumsy they usually are. If you have elementary school aged kids they're always testing their limits with you. And don't even get me started on middle school and above.

I hate when I'm prepared for a laid back day and the kids decide to give me hell. I hate when I put them to bed and they came back out 100 times for countless reasons. And the worst part of it is when the older kids think they can get away with stuff their parents explicitly told me not to allow them to do. Trust me, it's super hard to say no to them. I don't know how parents do it.

In the end, the job is totally worth it. The kids are funny with the things that come out of their mouths. For the most part, all I have to do is keep an eye out. It's exceptionally hard to say no to a babysitting gig, so I apologize to all the friends I have canceled plans on, and to the friends I will cancel plans with. On that note, hit me up for any babysitting you need and refer me to your friends!