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Boys and girls. Do you remember the first time your Mom or Dad left you with a babysitter? (You know, maybe we ought to have a different name for a "babysitter." It’s not so great to be called a baby.) How did it feel? Were you scared? Worried whether they’d come back? Worried that you were really alone? That the babysitter really wouldn’t be able to take care of you the way Mom or Dad would?

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How do you feel about babysitters now? If you have a good babysitter, that can be exciting. He or she might let you have some extra ice cream, stay up a …