![]() ![]() Approximately a hundred and eighty million copies of the books have been sold to date-and some untold number of girls who read the books, myself included, tried to start babysitting businesses. The Baby-Sitters Club, affectionately known as the B.S.C., told the stories of a group of girls who started a babysitting business. Martin’s young-adult book series the Baby-Sitters Club peaked in popularity-and so Simone’s flyer, despite its nod to twenty-first-century darling Carly Rae Jepsen, transported me to my own childhood, when the slim pastel spines of Martin’s books lined the shelves of my bedroom closet. What’s more, I came of age in the late eighties, when Ann M. As the working mother of a preschooler and an infant, I was the perfect target for Simone’s pitch. So call me maybe!” This was the handiwork of my fourteen-year-old neighbor, Simone, who recently took a Super Sitters Course, run by a local hospital, which teaches teens first aid and fire safety as well as how to feed and diaper a baby. “Need a break? Available on weekends and during school vacation. Not long ago, I found a homemade flyer inside my mailbox. ![]()
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