Tips for the Sitter: Your Kids' School and Activities

Help your sitter with a little advance planning, and you'll be able to rest easy

Jeff McNamara

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Arrange car pools. If you’re part of a school car pool, arrange for another parent to be on duty for the week you’re gone so it’s one less thing the sitter has to think about. (Pay back the driver in French chocolates.)

Stay connected. Ask your child’s teacher or class mom (or any parent of a classmate) to look out for your sitter and alert her to any important school information.

Book them solid. Keep your kids so busy that they can’t help but stay out of mischief. Indicate all after-school activities on the schedule (if they do not take place at school, mark their location on the master map), as well as tests and deadlines for big homework assignments. If you’re worried about the sitter using TV as a default option, leave behind a few activity books.