Babysitters [One Minute Feature]

Finding the right babysitter is hard to do. Do you have someone that babysits for you while you are out? Do you screen a person before letting them babysit for you?

Building a Relationship with the Sitter

As a kid my parents hired any number of different teenage girls in the neighborhood to babysit my siblings and me while they occasionally went out on the town. Other than having a heartbeat and fogging a mirror, there was no real vetting process for sitters back then. Though things usually worked out for my siblings and me, today is a different day.

Unfortunately internet pornography has tainted the well of so many sitters. So while I would advise to never hiring a male sitter, be selective with even the females and sadly this even includes family members. Develop a relationship first, that even includes friending them on social media. Remember we live in a different time.

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