Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-05


uate group and very much concerned the careless
Of Of the parents for whom they work. They
aren't to hide their grpes, either Here are six
things they you nor to do you want happy sitter
1. Duck our of the house wifbom feiize Junior you're
leaving. People who do this" says q Chicago arI
know that the kids going TO raise heck and they don't
want to face the Storm"
z. Fail 10 tell ae Sinevs how many children they're
expected mind Long Island girl was hired to look
after two and wound up with five. A New York teen
aeer responsible for eight children from three
families. CT thought I'D have threer0
;. Neeecf TELL them where The phone is. Stten grit
their teeth trying to ferret out hidden phone ringing
angrily for attention.
4. Leave he sitter ignonam Of your chiid's name o.
nickname. A surprising number Of parents do this!
s. Leave all ME dinner dishes stacked in Me sink
= then tell the sitter wash them in her spare time
at no extra fee. Of course.
s. Ovevsfay The nme YOU say you'll be home. Stters
want you to know they may have school the next day.
and that their parents worry about them, too.
These six complaints were the ones we found
popping up most often. Not all sitters had eripes Of
course But many had serious criticisms.
Over and over sers admonished parents for forget
funess. In Chicago for instance young sitter was en-
BfOsSco uetOiS Nv program Wneu mug cog amOle0
from bedroom. Il was petrifed she told US. I've
always been scared Of dogs. | was 50 panicky even
thought Of running right home But the dog just yawned
and went to sleep on the floor. stayed but why didn't
those parents warn me?'
Declared freshman at Mary Hardn-B Baylor CoIeee
in Bolton. Tex: They're in such rush to get out they
forget tell US what to let the child eat How are we
supposed to know If twoyear-old has an allergy or
something? Ask him?'
An older woman in New York had frightening
experience with little girl to whom she had given
couple Of cookies The parents hadn't told her the child
had celac disease and could absorb fats The cook
les produced illness in a couple Of hours.
Many sters chided parents for not being careful in
selecting the right person.
Garrison. N. r., girl got q call from mother for
sitting date. She apoosized. saying she had cold and
ought not be around children. The mother wasn't
faxed. Come along" she insisted The baby sleeps
like rock and you wouldn't ever be near him." The
sitter turned the job down. WASN'T she dumb?" she
asked us.
In Detroit, high-school girl was approached in q
supermarket BY woman and asked il she was available
that evening She just said she had seen me around
the girl reported "How did she know was honest?
Gosh, what mother!"
This is serious problem, for picking the wrong per-
son lead to trouble. even tragedy and the sittes
know IT, They reminded US Of the l8yearold sitter in
Evansville. Ind, who was crazy about babies" and
abducted fve-month-old boy. Ofthe woman who was
arrested in New York charges Of severely beating
boy Of four and his nine-monold sister. And Of the
three teen-age girls who took $4,000 from doctors
home in Nahant, Mass.
These are exceptional cases, Of course but sitters
know they can happen again. They want you to sec