It's babysitting your friends' babies.
Once upon a time, before the "Oh, I only watched it because I was babysitting my neighbor," and "my little brother was watching it, so I had to" excuses, there used to be a Disney Channel to which I was very proud to pledge my allegiance.
"I was 14, and I was babysitting.
Take a robot I was babysitting over the last few weeks.
Here we are struggling to share parenting and employment in a world that still expects us to be in traditional family roles, and a government institution comes along to tell us that when dad takes care of the kids it's "babysitting", but when mothers do it, well, it's just what mothers do.
Whether it's babysitting, mowing lawns, lifeguarding at the community pool, working as a camp counselor or scooping ice cream at the corner store, it will help your teen find a productive purpose each day -- and teach him/her the value of the almighty dollar.
It's like when I hear people say a dad is babysitting his own children.
Another endangered child is Flora, the little girl whom Theresa is babysitting.
