This book was not very helpful for me personally but yet is a very good, informing book. It wasn't to helpful to me since I have quite a bit of experience babysitting. This is an extremely helpful book to anyone who is interested in becoming a babysitter or is a beginner babysitter. This book did help me some by giving me more or extra ideas and tips on babysitting such as things and information on taking classes and showing parents my certificates and seriousness about this job or potential career! This is a unique book since it really tells you things from parents and your point of view. I would recommend this book to my friends who are interested in babysitting. I somewhat enjoyed this book, but they did say a lot of stuff that is totally and completely common sense. EA 08/10/07