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Long Live the Teenage Babysitter
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Long Live the Teenage Babysitter

Katherine Goldstein
Apr 10, 2024
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I’ve been thinking a lot about a recent Atlantic article written by Faith Hill, dramatically titled, “Don’t Tell America The Babysitter’s Dead.” In it, she explains that non-adult babysitters are disappearing due to a combination of factors: teens are too overscheduled to have time to babysit and/or they are deemed “not responsible enough” by their par…

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