Before Hiring a New Babysitter, Ask Them These Questions
by Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Me from Lifehacker on (#5FSPC)

When I was about 12 years old, I started occasionally babysitting a couple of kids who lived down the street from me. A friend of mine was their regular babysitter, but when she couldn't be there on a certain day, they'd call me as a backup. Those are literally the only reasons they hired me-because Lyndsey (another...