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I would be fine with it in that situation (I wouldn't be with a teenager). - my aunt watches my daughter for an aftn Once a month and always takes her around town for lunch, ice cream, to the park...basically my daughters favourite day of the month lol
If you're not comfortable with it though, that's totally understandable!

I would be ok with Chick Fil A, but not Chuck-E-Cheese. She can spoil them at CFA, but there is less of a chance of someone getting lost. And, I would add the stipulation that they need to be home by bedtime (whenever that is).

I would be fine with it, at those ages.....is she taking your car? Or would you put the carseats in her car? Actually, I would suggest that she choose one of those places, and be home 30 minutes before bed time.

ETA: I guess my opinion is that it's fine because my mom (retired teacher) babysits for a few kids in her neighborhood and she takes them allll over. They LOVE going over to her house and also call her "nana", like her grandkids do. She has even taken some of them on overnight trips (their parents love it). She takes them to educational places, like museums and historic monuments. My mom is a very young-acting 70.

Our part time nanny takes the kids out, which I think is great. We keep carseats in her car for this reasons and she knows our kids well and what we are comfortable with them doing. I don't think it would be worth the hassle and worry for me if it were just an occasional babysitter though.

While I would be fine with a regular nanny taking my kids out, I see no reason why a date night babysitter needs to do so. By 5 pm we are starting the dinner/bath/bed time routine, so there is plenty to do without needing to leave the house. I would tell her you would prefer that they stay home.

I generally avoid both fast food restaurants and Chuck E Cheese. I might feel pressured into going for another kid's birthday party if my son was close friends with that child. But I would not opt into going for any other reason. So I would decline for that reason.

I would be ok with an outing that I would actually endorse, such as the park or a museum or a performance.