Babysitters are many things while parents are away- a friend, a counselor, a guardian, a confidante. We hold many hats, and the lines can blur, especially when sitters see the same families. As a babysitter, unless you work with a particular age group, you will watch kids of all ages. Kids that won't just ask for their sippy cups. Kids that won't just want to play dinosaurs. As a babysitter, there have been several conversations where I have had to stop and think of what the correct response in this situation with a child this age should be. Of course, I haven't always gotten it right, but each experience has made me consider life from a child's perspective and what their future would entail. "Why do we get periods? Do they hurt? I don't want a period." Thank you, Turning Red , for these questions that the nine-year-olds I am watching throw at me. This was one of the easier questions, but I remember getting my first period and how everyone said it was n...
