For most parents, just finding a babysitter when you need one is the biggest obstacle when it comes to babysitters. However, the information you leave with your babysitter is just as important as finding a babysitter your like and trust.
If you are like me, you tend to leave the house in a rush after scrambling to put together any basic information you think the sitter will need. For me, this typically consists of our cell phone number and a brief explanation of the snacks the kids are allowed to have while we are gone. We tend to use the same family babysitters over and over so they are already familiar with the routines.
I am learning, however, that there is some other information that should be left with people in charge of your children. For example, the babysitter should have at least two other emergency contacts in case they are not able to get through to you. And did you know that you should also leave a “Consent to Treat” form with any person in charge of your child when you may not be available?
I have found a Babysitter Information Guide that you can download and customize. Much of the information will remain the same and can be posted on your refrigerator. Since you are able to save the information on your computer, simply review the information before the babysitter arrives and make any changes necessary. Print the updated document, and you are ready for a safe, worry-free time away from your child.
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Written by Laura on August 25, 2010
Although your little one is probably not ready to start typing away on the computer, the time in which this will happen will probably arrive sooner than you think. When it does, you want to be prepared to guide your child so that she is not left wandering somewhere out there on her own in cyberspace. One way to begin this process is to provide your child with a search engine just for kids.
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Written by BRWI Staff on August 6, 2010
On recent occasions, our neighbors may have been pondering the strength of the sanity of our family. I am sure it must have looked quite odd to see children and adults alike emerging from their home on their hands and knees. Then, once outside the home, family members darted across the lawn in their bare feet and stopped at the corner where we all turned and watched the house.
What was the reaso
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Written by Laura on May 17, 2010
