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Word: sitter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that closed because its sponsoring hospital needed to cut costs. "Everybody screams for sick-child care, but they absolutely won't touch it unless they have to--and then only if Grandma can't do it and Mommy and Daddy can't change their schedules and the baby-sitter is not available. Parents just prefer to stay home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family: Home Sick No More | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...intentions, House members are arguing a measure designed to keep American Internet users away from web gambling sites - with apparent disregard for two important facts. One, their goal is virtually impossible to achieve, and two, the American web-surfing public may not appreciate the presence of a federal baby-sitter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Congress Stop Net Wagers? Don't Bet On It | 4/4/2000 | See Source »

...pocket or sneezing on his good suit--I figure he doesn't understand what parenting is really like for most working families. For them, child care means patching together a house of cards--one that can be sent tumbling by a case of strep, an AWOL baby sitter or a school vacation. For most parents, child care presents a series of worst-case scenarios punctuated by periods of fitful sleep when we are worried about future worst-case scenarios, like the day when, out of desperation, we might have to take our toddler to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So, Who Cares? | 3/27/2000 | See Source »

...teams breathing down Dartmouth's neck, only Harvard has the ability to control its own destiny. While the Quakers have already played the Big Green twice, the Crimson takes on the Ivy pole-sitter in both teams' last regular season game...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ivy W. Hoops a Complex Picture | 3/1/2000 | See Source »

When a kid is acting his age in a fancy restaurant, bumping into chairs and tripping waiters, most everyone - other than that child's parents - agrees: Send the kid home and next time hire a baby-sitter. But according to a new report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, if a certain type of child psychiatrist is in the restaurant, that energetic kid might leave with a fistful of prescriptions for some very grown-up psychoactive drugs. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Maryland, raises serious concerns among pediatricians; it found a 50 percent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Johnny's New Snack: Milk, Cookies and Prozac | 2/23/2000 | See Source »

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