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Nannies  Family Safety Expert Advice from Gavin de Becker  Q: I
am in the process of hiring a nanny. Do you have a list of good
interview questions I could ask?  A: In our culture of short
encounters and little accountability, it is important to learn a
lot about someone you bring into your life, particularly someone
who'll be alone with your children. The more you know about
someone, the more you reduce that person's anonymity. If you
have talked to five of the candidate's references, that's five
more inhibitors against bad conduct, five people whom you and
the babysitter know in common, five people who could hear about
a misdeed When you have many inroads into a person's life, you
raise the consequences for bad behavior.  Pre-employment
questions are low-tech, easy tests you can perform when
screening someone to take care of you