To all babysitters and parents of them as well, a piece of advice:
Stipulate beforehand that you only babysit/let your daughter babysit on condition that the parents either come home together or the mother comes home first. This is the only condition under which I let my teenage daughter babysit – even for close friends. I always say it and not once did anyone ever have a problem with it.
This cannot be stressed enough! Unfortunately, in this stage of galus, there have been too many incidents. Do NOT let your daughters babysit if the father is coming home without his wife.
I also instruct my daughter that if that happens despite our stipulation, she is to call me immediately and remain on the phone until she leaves. And yes, my daughter is very innocent – I simply told her that it’s not tzniusdig otherwise and she accepted it.