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Do You Let Your Babysitter Order Pizza While You're Out?
Would you trust this man to deliver pizza to your children and their babysitter? Wait—don't answer that. ©iStockPhoto.com/lvinst
I have to admit, as a man who has yet to produce Baby Slices, it's a question I've never considered. My first impulse was "Why not?" But it looks like the majority of parents polled in this advice column are skittish about letting a teen answer the door without an adult present:
"We don't do delivery unless the sitter is an adult. We just pick up frozen pizza and go out with a peaceful mind. To be quite honest, if the sitter is 16 with a 4-year-old, I would do mac and cheese in the microwave or sandwiches. A 16-year-old hasn't had enough kitchen experience, and a 4-year-old is unpredictable."
OK. I'll give them the stranger-coming-to-the-door bit. Understood. But worrying about a 16-year-old burning down the house trying to cook a frozen pizza? Come on, you nattering nabobs. That's ridiculous.