On Friday nights many parents want to have a little fun together--without the kids. But "getting a sitter"--especially a dependable one--rarely ... read full description
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Oct 09, 2009
Jill
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I've been waiting for this book, so I was glad to finally have the opportunity to read it. Interesting discussion of images of babysitters in relation to actual babysitting, and I especially appreciated how Forman-Brunell detached the work involved in babysitting from maternal instincts (though a more in-depth focus on that tension would have been interesting, especially given the historiographical influence of May's arguments for postWW2 domestic and sexual containment). The discussions of alte
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Jul 24, 2011
Reconstructed through womens' magazines, horror movies, Barbies and some frankly disturbing Scholastic publications, this is the social history of that great bourgeois fear: having your free time, property and children at the mercy of an American teenager with bargaining power.
Sep 23, 2009
Jen
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I was excited to read this and sort of let down. A little too boring. Interesting theories on teen girl culture (something that always fascinates me), but presented in a very structured way. There were times when I felt like I was reading someone's (very researched) high school essay.
Oct 11, 2010
Becky
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I was very excited to read this book, but having started it, I must say I am disappointed. It is quite boring. Someone else said it was like reading a research paper and I agree. I have to put it down and move on...
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