Ah, the way life use to be.
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Had a similar babysitting job in the same time frame. Five children, including a baby. I watched them from 9am to 5pm, nearly every week day in summer. The kids were great. In my early twenties, the family would still ask me to babysit on weekends occasionally. A lot of responsibility at a young age, but great experience in real life.
That was when neighbors knew neighbors and it was all really extended family. We were so responsible, independent and everything we did prepared us for real life...I had a crappy home life but I had a fantastic community, church, neighborhood, school, etc that allowed me to really enjoy my childhood...I grew up in the 50's and graduated HS in '69 and I could not have imagined a better life...so much has changed...it takes a lot of effort to maintain any normalcy for our kids and grandkids...