There are two great questions that I learned to ask my kids whenever someone else cared for them. I asked these questions privately. And I never asked in front of the caregiver if they had fun. I didn’t want them to ever feel like they were lying or couldn’t tell me if something upsetting happened because they already said they had fun.
1.What was you favorite thing that happened?
2. What was your least favorite thing that happened?
I learned a lot about what went on from these questions. Happily I never learned of any abuse, but there was enough that I stopped using certain babysitters in favor of others.
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