Word: sitter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thinking that we parents might screen our children's TV viewing by occasionally sitting with them, watching what they watch and making judgments about violence, sexual content, bad language and even gross behavior we'd prefer not to see imitated. When we're not home, we can instruct the sitter to let the kids watch only programs we've approved. If we have to have a V chip in our homes, it might as well...
...intuition. That's the message from De Becker, who advises the rich and famous from Hollywood to Washington on security matters. But parents don't need to be celebrities to benefit from his sage counsel. De Becker's book gives families million-dollar advice for $22.95. If a baby sitter makes you uneasy, writes De Becker, listen to your inner voice. Pay heed if your child is uncomfortable around a particular adult. Make careful choices about the people you include in your child's life. Remember: the issue is not strangers but strangeness. De Becker empowers parents to best protect...
...case as one of attempted "child snatching" by Kazmierazak, whom she refers to as Query's "roommate." Anderson adds, "I see the case as being a slippery slope. Does someone who loves my child and helps with the care have custody rights? How can you have a baby-sitter or nanny in your home when you're out working 40 to 60 hours a week? Women are not going to allow people to love their child if they have to be wary on the basis of a 'psychological-parent custody claim' on that child...
Despite such efforts to create a comforting environment, a trip to the supermarket or McDonald's can be fraught with insensitive public behavior. People stare, children taunt, strangers ask rude questions. To be constantly asked, "Are you just the baby-sitter?" or "Do they look like their father?" can be trying, say those who have endured such questioning. "Some days I want to scream out...'Leave us alone. My life is none of your business!'" rages Chicago drama teacher Jennifer Viets in The Coffee Man and the Milk Maid, a monologue about being the white mother of three biracial children...
CANADA: Former Nova Scotia premier Gerald Regan was acquitted in December on eight sex-related charges alleged to have occurred as far back as the 1950s. Now he will stand trial for allegedly "indecently assaulting" a baby sitter in the 1960s...