Babysitter

Children are most likely to wind up in the emergency room because of summer injuries. Here, the latest advice on protecting your kids, from Parents magazine and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

...No one ever said that choosing a babysitter was easy. How can you find someone who can diaper like... young is too young? Safe Kids, a child advocacy organization in Washington, D.C., says a babysitter... should be at least 13 years old. The American Red Cross, however, offers a babysitter training course...

Is your kid often anxious before a test or about things she saw on the news? Ease her worries with these low-key strategies.

... was unavailable. I was finally forced to find my first babysitter. She came highly recommended by friends... they keep lists of people who have taken a babysitter-training course," says Tracy Sawicki, senior director..., okay, this is a job and it's time to check in." It's also crucial that your babysitter know first aid...

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...'t want them to think "anything goes" when the babysitter comes. -- Christine C.; New York, New York Make...

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