Drunk Babysitter Serves as a Reminder

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There’s a certain feeling of safety with the knowledge that your children are home with a babysitter. After all, most parents are very cautious about the people they entrust the lives of their children with, so they have in a way earned that security blanket.

Except sometimes that’s not enough.

From WMUR:

An Exeter [New Hampshire] baby sitter has been arrested and accused of being drunk while baby-sitting, police said.

Julie Reid, 30, was charged Wednesday with six counts of endangering the welfare of a child for the incident on Sept. 9.

Police said Reid was drunk while taking care of six children, ages 3 to 12, at a home in Exeter.

One of the children called police at about 9:50 p.m. that night.

This reminds me of why I don’t leave my seven-year-old with anyone other than my parents or siblings. My tendency to inherently mistrust people is not always a good thing, but it’s times like this that I’m glad for it.

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