Do you ever wonder what happened to kids you used to babysit for?

I was mother's helper/babysitter for this family for 5 years.. I was there 3 days a week and mostly every saturday, I really loved those kids. I haven't seen them in 10 years, and I for some reason started thinking about them, wondering what they look like now and what they are up to.
Is that weird? Would it be even weirder to try to contact the family by sending a letter just asking how they are all doing?

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I was a camp counselor and some of the kids still keep in touch with me! It's great to see how they are doing now. Could you search on myspace or friendster?

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Yes, one of them is now an attorney!

Now I really feel old!

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I sitll run into the parents of the kids I babysat for when I'm near my parents house. One's a lawyer, the other is a CPA. And another one is a mortgage broker!

I think it would be nice to find out, and send a note saying that you were thinking of the family.

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I still see some of them. The ones I haven't seen, I run into their friends every year when i go home for the holidays.

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I actually looked up one of the families (3 kids) I used to babysit for 15 years ago on myspace. I found all of them and almost died- they are all grown up and I am old!!!! I did not contact them, I didnt want them to think I was a crazy stalker.

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i used to babysit these 2 little girls that lived down the block from me growing up. i saw them at Church recently with their parents and it was sooooo weird cause they're both all grown up and in college!!!! i felt soooooo old!

to answer your question lauren, i dont see anything wrong with you contacting them. i'm sure they'd love to hear from you!

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I still see the kids I babysat for once in a while, their mother is my hair dresser. They have grown up so much since I was babysitting them!

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One of the girls that I used to babysit for wound up marrying this guy in high school who I had a major crush on!

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No. Only because they still live next store to my parents and I see them occassionally.

I think a letter would be nice.

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I still see them. One of them has kids and goes to the busstop with us. One lives down the block. My mom is still friends with another bunch of kids I used to watch.

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go to myspace.com
click on "search" and enter their names. you can also limit to how far ffrom a certain zip code you want to look.,

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One of mine was killed in a motorcycle accident.

The others I see around the neighborhood when I visit my family.

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i just did a search on myspace and the 6-yr old boy i used to babysit for is now 14.. way to make me feel old

too bad his profile is private so i can't see anything

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I am "friends" on myspace with the 3 kids I babysat for! We still stay in touch..I started taking care of them when they were 2, 4, and 6..now they are 16, 18, and 20

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nope, they were mostly spawns of s atan and probably in jail

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Two were in my bridal party...I've known them both since they were babies...and the other two I still see on occasion they are still young and I'm close with the parents...they treated me very very well

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I use to babysit for 3 kids they are all married now..but the oldest girl ALWAYS sends me a picture of her 3 girls for the holidays! I love her for thinking of me!

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Wow, I was just thinking of this yesterday. I want to contact their grandma since she is friends with my parents. I would love to know how they are all doing.

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My parents are actually really close with their parents so I typically see them yearly. Every time I see them I can't believe how old they are getting.

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I was camp counsellor many years ago. I often wonder about those kids. If it was a more intimate thing where I knew the whole family, I would look them up. But I worked with over 20 kids per summer (there are about 7-8 from each summer that I would love to talk to now).