My New Baby-Sitter - Hardcover

Loomis, Christine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688096255 ISBN 13: 9780688096250

Publisher: Morrow Junior Books, 1991

Synopsis

Explores real-life caregiving situations with reassurance and insight in a story for children and a "Note to Parents" offers essential advice about how to choose a caregiver.

About this title

From Kirkus Reviews:

Preschoolers and parents who are about to engage care-givers or baby-sitters will find thoughtful advice here for easing the separation. The care-givers photographed are of several ethnic groups and different ages: teens, mothers with children, and a grandmother; unfortunately, they are all women, and there is no mention of male care-givers. Loomis discusses hiring, setting rules, what to do when children and care-givers disagree, and how to reassure children that their parents love them and will return. Parents are advised to tell a care-giver that when she and the child disagree, and the parent cannot be reached, ``she should go along with your child (unless, of course, doing so would put your child's health or safety at risk) and talk to you about it at the end of the day.'' All of these smiling care-givers devote full time to their young charges; the busy parents all take time for phone calls and sweet reassuring notes to their offspring: too idyllic, but still helpful and warmly reassuring. (Nonfiction. 2-5) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

From Publishers Weekly:

In this lucid, candid guide, Loomis, an editor at Parents magazine, attempts to reduce the anxiety kids--and their parents--commonly experience when faced with a new day-care or baby-sitting situation. In the book's opening pages, addressed to parents, the author advocates communicating with children honestly yet reassuringly--advice she herself follows in the section of her book directed to youngsters. Here she shows children--revealed in Ancona's characteristically sharp, realistic photos--becoming acquainted with an in-home caregiver, a family day-care situation, a night baby-sitter, etc. Sprinkled throughout are questions ("What's your favorite thing to do?") that encourage communication between adult readers and their young listeners. For both groups, this volume offers worthwhile information and advice. Ages 2-up.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Morrow Junior Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0688096255
• ISBN 13: 9780688096250
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48