Show I r. r 7 r p BETTY BETZ BETS I A I Sitters Baby Need List Lit oft of of Deportment Rules Rights Picking up some som easy extra change by taking on a a. babysitting babysitting baby baby- sitting Job once in a while Well its it's one of the most pleasant pleasant pleasant pleas pleas- ant and lucrative ways of earnIng earning earning earn earn- ing money this summer summer I dropped in on a baby sitters convention convention convention con con- when I was as in Chicago s so I bent ent my ear to a afew few of ot the complaints ints from the parents I 1 dont don't mind a a girl playing the phonograph but I dont don't like to come home and find d records scattered all aU over th the room room room Im not stingy said a gray- gray haired woman but I l dont don't think wits sits right for a a. a girl to l loot ot the icebox when she's hired to watch watch- children Oh I dont don't mind a afew afew afew few cookies and a a glass of milk of course course Girls I guess that hat means that you should cat before you go to work like any other job One of ot the main objections in general was that baby sitters sitters' didn't pay enough attention to the tots Suggestions made by parents were that young children children chil chil- dren like to be amused with stories songs and games to pass the time away but that some girls take the attitude that they're Just to sit and read movie magazines while the kids amuse themselves Said another mother It seems seems' to me that a baby sitter sh shouldn't be allowed to chat with he her friend all aU evening on n our telephones Yea Yes and ami there was one mother who objected t to having having having hav hav- ing every light in the house turned on when electricity rates are so 80 high What about boy callers callers- callers I really dont don't think a girl should let her date drop in after weve we've gone unless she gets our permission beforehand said another woman All An in all this discussion made me realize that taking care of pf somebody else's children is a big responsibility and if C you take on any baby sitting Jobs then make up your minds to do them well Be a girl who's trustworthy trustworthy trustworthy trust trust- worthy and dependable so that there wont won't be any doubt in that set of parents' parents minds that those thoe children will be watched every second |