| 6. Remind your babysitter that
safety is your primary concern while the child is in their care.
Otherwise, you babysitter's focus may be scattered
among their many responsibilities, and safety issues may not get enough
attention.
7. Tell you babysitter that your
child must be in view at all times.
It may be helpful to remind the babysitter of
specific dangers, such as swallowing a popped balloon that the child is trying
to blow up, chasing a ball into the street, etc.
8. Instruct babysitters to ignore
the phone if the child is in the bath tub.
9. Take seriously any signs that
your child has been molested, such as a child demonstrating sexual behavior
in their play or a terror of a certain babysitter.
Child molesters come in every age, size, and
gender. Young adolescents may have less of a handle on understanding the
intensity of their sexual impulses than adults do, leading a young adolescent
to feel tempted to explore their sexuality with your child.
10. Keep an open mind. Cousins, aunts,
uncles, and grandparents who babysit have all been known to molest
children.
Being a dear relative does not exempt someone
from molesting a child.
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