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The Babysitter Is A Monkey!
Babysitters come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. They can be old or young. Male or female. Friends, family or a hired hand. But generally babysitters are of the human variety. But for one family in India the babysitter is …a monkey. There was once a monkey in Dhenkanal (and no, that’s not a start to a naughty limerick) who helped a mother...
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Playdate: Does Your Sitter ‘Love’ Your Kids?
My daughter tells her babysitter "I love you" every day when I pick her up and gives her a kiss. Her sitter does it right back. And although we're not related, it doesn't bother me one wit. According to Amy Jo over at Philly Moms Blog, it should. The stay-at-home mum says she's protecting her kids from insincerity when she says she'd rather n...
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Boys Can Babysit Too
When you think about giving the neighbour kid a call to babysit, are you thinking of a girl or a boy? Most of us are thinking about a girl. There are lots of reasons for that – we certainly still see childcare as women’s work, and some of us just don’t trust males around our children, which is sad. There’s still an outdated notion that a...
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Babysitting Co-ops: The Modern Extended Family
In a society where extended family is often a plane ride away, free childcare sounds like a fantasy on par with winning the lottery. But many cities now have babysitting cooperatives that offer families a community-oriented way to get a night out without spending an arm and a leg. The concept is simple: you go out one night and leave your kids with...
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Are You Sure This Could Never Happen To You?
Where do you find your babysitters? Do you put up notices at universities? Ads on GumtreeMaybe you think that's too risky. You never know who could answer an ad like that. Maybe you're like Britney Paines, who hired the daughter of a woman she knew from her church to watch her 6-year-old son. I mean, who's...
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