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When baby-sitting gig gets canceled

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Amy Dickinson, Ask Amy Ask Amy

Amy Dickinson is a general advice columnist.

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DEAR AMY: My two teenage daughters are occasionally asked to baby-sit. On more than one occasion, a family has canceled at the last minute, either because a child is sick or because their plans have changed. This leaves my daughter with nothing to do; it's especially frustrating because she's counting on the money she would have earned, and may have turned down another baby-sitting job in order...

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