- Address of where you are going
- Phone number of where you are going
- Your pager number
- Your cellular phone number
- A relative's telephone number
- A neighbor's telephone number
- Medications your children take
- Doctor's name and telephone number
- Poison control center
- Police department
- Fire department
- Ambulance service

Review the family rules with the babysitter, paying special attention to eating and sleeping arrangements. Take the babysitter on a tour of your home, showing him or her all the doors and exits and where the first aid equipment is stored.

In order to eliminate misunderstandings and unwelcome aggrevation, is is a good idea to discuss the family rules and regulations regarding snacking, television, radio privledges and bedtimes with the babysitter and your children present. It is your responsibility, as the parent, to let your children know what the rules are to be obeyed when you are not home.

BABYSITTER'S SHOULD BE GIVEN THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS:

The following specific instructions for babysitters have been developed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:

- Lock all doors when parents leave.

- The children should be watched carefully while they are awake and kept away from dangerous objects or chemicals and protected from householf accidents.

- The babysitter should not be permitted visitors or guests, nor should the babysitter leave the children alone in the house at any time. When the children go to sleep, they should be checked regularly. The babysitter should stay awake during his or her stay in the house.

- If the telephone rings, do not tell the caller that the children are alone with a babysitter. Ask the caller to leave a message for the parents.