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Miguel Cruz wrote:
> PeterL wrote:
> > Alfred Molon wrote:
> >> PeterL says...
> >>>> We'll be travelling across China for three weeks in September-October
> >>>> with our daughter (16 months) and I was wondering if it would be an
> >>>> option to leave her with a baby sitter for half a day or so, while we
> >>>> are sightseeing. If yes, how could we find a babysitter and how much
> >>>> would such a service cost ?
> >>>
> >>> You've got to be kidding. You are going to leave your child with a
> >>> total stranger in a foreign country?
> >>
> >> For a few hours with a babysitter ? Why would that be a problem ?
> >
> > It's kind of difficult to explain to someone why leaving a baby with a
> > total stranger in a foreign country is a problem.
>
> Please try, if possible. It's difficult for me to understand why this is a
> problem. What is the significance of it being a foreign country? They do not
> eat babies in China so far as I know.
>
But they do have incidents of baby kidnaps, as in most other countries.
Or what if while you are out sightseeing your baby comes down with
high temperature? If this happens at home, you know who to call, you
have the number to the police, you know who your pediatrician is, you
can talk to the police, you have friends and relatives who can help you
or give you support.
In a foreign country (I am not just saying that about China), you are
unfamiliar with the law, you'll have trouble communicating wiht the
police, you don't know if the babysitter knows the first thing about
first aid, you don't have a supprt system.
I am not saying that any of these will happen. But leaving a baby with
a total stranger in a foreign country is, in my book, highly
irresponsible.
> miguel
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