Entrusting your kids to someone else's care is a big deal. Without realising it, one of the key criteria for a housemate at our place is "can I trust them with my kids?" Our housemates babysat for us before we all moved in together. It was a "secret" test to see how they got along together.
At first I thought Cameron was going to be the fun housemate. But Jane has surprised me - she has me in fits of laughter regularly. Kids like to be looked after by fun people. Babysitters should never be boring.
Leaving our kids with the housemates while we go on holidays will be tough. I'm not 100% easy with it just yet, eventhough the trust has been earned. It feels a bit like the first time you leave the newborn with a babysitter - excited to be free for a few hours but nervous about whether the babysitter will do what you'd do.
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