What this ‘good enough’ mother learned from an extraordinary babysitter
IN THE 21 YEARS I HAVE BEEN A MOTHER, I HAVE EMPLOYED five babysitters for my three boys. Our first babysitter broke her shoulder in our Brooklyn apartment and threatened to sue us. Our second babysitter was rushed by my husband to the hospital for emergency gallbladder surgery after we came home to find her lying on the floor. Our third babysitter got married, got divorced, got pregnant. Our fourth babysitter got pregnant too. Actually, each of our first four babysitters
