Halfpoint Images/Moment/Getty ImagesI started to babysit when I was eight years old. Just cousins and friends’ babies at first. There were my own siblings to watch too but that wasn’t babysitting, that was just being part of a family. By the time I was 12 years old I was babysitting four nights a week on an easy week when there weren’t any weddings in town. I was never paid, never thanked, never knew there was anything strange about leaving a preteen alone with as many as nine or 10 kids at night.I made my own breakfast every day, and made my school lunches. Made my siblings’ lunches as well....
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