That said, this isn’t a 10 year old or 15 year old , it is just a 5 year old.
I can understand being afraid to leave a child with a babysitter these days and at her wages there is no way she would find an adult to babysit here in Florida, though you might find a teen, if all the teens weren’t doomscrolling 18 hrs a day.
The kid is 5 shouldn’t he be in kindergarten?
With that said I remember when teens used to babysit. I have not heard of that since the 1990’s. Since teens got jobs at the mall selling jeans making more money. Yea now they don’t work at all.