You need to be about 13 years old and more to do a babysitting business
If it's just a day babysitting job, you shouldn't need anything. If it's overnight, you'll need a change of clothes and toiletries.
This is an awesome website that will give you everything you need to know about babysitting while you are on the job. http://urbanext.illinois.edu/babysitting/info.html
Greetings Folks, I'm a mom whose reviewing babysitting laws because my own daughter has reached babysitting age. From what I can tell you do not need a license to babysit your own flesh and blood. If however you are professionally babysitting other people's children, that is to say, running a daycare, then you do need a license. Anne
You don't usually need a license to babysit, but if you feel that you need one, they may be given after babysitting courses, which are usually provided by local hospitals, but they will probably have a fee.
Ask everyone you know that has kids if they need need a babysitter to contact you.
No, babysitting class will not count as a CPR class; you will need to take a CPR class if you want that certification.
A babysitting circle is a group of parents who agree to take turns babysitting each other's children. The parents can use the babysitting services within the circle when they need a break or have other commitments. This arrangement allows parents to have flexible childcare options without hiring professional babysitters.
Using jobs-to-careers.com, you can find tons of babysitting jobs in your area. All you need to do is enter your current state, and a few other pieces of information and it gives you babysitting jobs to apply for.
Depending where you live, by law there is an age limit to get a babysitting job. This site here will give you a run down on what you need to know about babysitting http://www.babysitting-rates.com/babysitting-laws.php.
You do not need any certification to become a babysitter. To get customers, you can put ads up in your local supermarket to advertise your babysitting services.
Put up posters saying that you are interested in babysitting , talk to your parents friends or younger kids from schools parents and see if they need a babysitter and also look into the babysitting courses and when you take that mention that you are trained to anyone you talk to about babysitting and they might hire you.