Category Archives: babysitting

How early is too early to earn part of your own keep?

I know we’ve talked about this before but it was a long time ago and other than SKL, most of the others who come here, didn’t then. So, one more time. What brought this up was I was chatting this … Continue reading

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T.G.I.F.

That’s me. Stick a fork in me, I’m done. Actually I’ll soon be burnt to a crisp. Since Wednesday, I have had 3 toddlers every day, and will again Saturday. No, I take that back. I’ll only have 2 toddlers … Continue reading

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New Ideas…please!!

With winter coming at us a lot faster than we had anticipated, we have been indoors a lot more. If it isn’t raining or too windy we’ll go outside but with temperatures nearly freezing that never lasts very long. I … Continue reading

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Michigan Authorities Attack Woman for Babysitting Neighbor Kids

When I heard this story last week, to be honest, I couldn’t believe it. I mean really. All this woman is doing is trying to be nice to her neighbors children. Now she’s in for a fight and I for … Continue reading

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Working moms or stay at home moms???

Mommy??  How come you have to go to work??? As we prepare to leave the house for yet another work day, my daughter asks me a question that’s been ruminating in my head since I first became a mother.  The automatic response is something … Continue reading

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Help Me Find The Words

I love my job, I really do. It’s rewarding in so many ways. I’m able to stay home. I have almost every holiday off and I never work weekends or evenings. I get to watch children grow and learn and … Continue reading

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When is it time to leave your kids home alone/Where have all the babysitters gone?

I was reading this post today written by my friend Jen Henry over at Parent2Parent and it got us to talking about babysitters.  So my little brain went nuts.  I’d been thinking about this quite a bit lately so I thought I’d … Continue reading

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Kids and TV and computers

This has been written about on so many blogs I read and even on television programs themselves that I was hesitant to write about it.  But since we have a  pretty loyal following, I wanted to ask you.  How much … Continue reading

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Grandparents OR Babysitters??

This is something that has been brought to my attention since I had kids.  When does it become to much for grandparents to babysit or watch their grandchild?  I had never given this a second thought until I had kids … Continue reading

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