You Won't Believe the Epic Instructions Dad Gave His Son's Babysitter
It can be hard trusting a new babysitter with your infant--no matter how caring and experienced the sitter is.Well,one dad basically wrote an instructional textbook on what a babysitter should do.… When Bryan Elliott,who is a software engineer and dad from the Philadelphia area,hired his first babysitter,she requested instructions.Well,she didn't know what she was getting into.Elliott hired a babysitter to take care of son Jack when he was a baby,and emailed instructions--while Jack is nearly 4 years old.His wife,Amy Jackson,…>> Read MoreWhy Don't More Kids Want to Babysit?
Is it me,or are babysitters getting harder and harder to find?Back when I was a teenager,I used to jump at the chance to sit on someone's couch for a few hours,raid another household's pantry,… and get paid for it.Even those jobs that required me to actually play with and tend to the children were,in my mind,both fun and worth the money.And while I wasn't particularly fond of changing other kids' diapers,I figured it was still an easy way to pocket some extra cash.But…>> Read MoreThis Is How the JCC Kept Me Afloat While My Kids Were Growing Up
This is the first summer since my son Eytan was born that I will not be working at,or have children attending,camp at a JCC.I'm thrilled that the kids are spreading their wings and trying new… and different things,but our current JCC and the one where we lived when they were toddlers are very special places.When Abby was a toddler,her father and I moved from Indiana to Michigan and I had to quit a job I loved.I suddenly found myself as a stay-at-home mom in a tiny…>> Read MoreA Goodbye Letter to Our German Au Pair
Growing up in a 1980s Jewish suburb of New York City,my parents taught me a great deal about the Holocaust,without any hesitations.They did not shield my brothers and I at all from the gruesome… and horrific details of the Shoah.This included their still very tainted opinions of Germans.I,too,from an early age,swore to "never buy a German car," and I'd jump out of my skin when I heard a German accent,my arms nearly rising into the air from reflex and fear.读:保姆…>> Read MoreHome Delivery
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