Babysitting Is Legal in Michigan — Up to $600
When I blogged about Michigan’s bill to exempt babysitters from daycare regulations, I didn’t know it imposed a $600 limit. The bill has been signed into law, and babysitters are free to watch kids in peace — as long as they earn less than that amount in a year.
A teenager who watches kids one night a week for $50 would exceed that limit, so I’d say Michigan’s daycare regulations still apply to way too many people.
That’s absurd. I’m pretty sure I made at least that in high school and never thought to report it. Plenty of my friends were summer nannies too, which I guess would not be allowed in Michigan. This stupid law will make criminals out of lots of unsuspecting teenage girls.
Comment by Caitlin Hartsell — November 30, 2009 @ 10:12 p.m.