Summary: [sgmb id=”1″]<br> Babysitters: whether you have a full-time nanny or a college kid two Saturday nights a month, finding and maintaining good childcare is an ongoing process.<br> You find someone your kids adore– but he’s graduating this year and moving to Southeast Asia. You hav<a href="http://bit.ly/WFHep24"></a>e someone your kids used to adore, but she has no idea how to help with 5th grade math homework (we mean, who among us does).<br> As your needs shift, so does the sort of childcare you’re looking for– but doing the right groundwork on the way in can prevent starting all over again in a month.<br> In this episode we discuss:<br> <br> * whether Margaret’s “fog on a mirror test” is an effective way to choose a caregiver<br> * the virtues of a “someone at home, someone on the move” system<br> * heeding the warning signs that someone is not working out, even if they were once terrific<br> * why you should check a caregiver’s social media as part of your research<br> * the three types of caregivers as laid out by <a href="http://www.tammygold.com/">Tammy Gold</a>, in her book <a href="http://amzn.to/2iEQHbh">Secrets of the Nanny Whisperer</a><br> <br> <a href="http://bit.ly/WFHlive"></a>SUPER SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: What Fresh Hell LIVE!<br> Friday 12/1/17 at 8 pm<br> Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, Chappaqua, NY<br> Tickets $18.50! Grab your mom friends and come laugh with us. <br> Tickets available here: https://bit.ly/WFHlive<br> <br> <br> <a title="Episode 24: Finding Good Babysitters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/2017/08/episode-24-finding-good-babysitters/"></a><br> <a title="Episode 24: Finding Good Babysitters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/2017/08/episode-24-finding-good-babysitters/"></a><br>
