Question

babysitting boss

1. (1) being the boss of your own business is not just for older grownups—as a teenager, you can start your own business as a neighborhood babysitter. (2) you can choose which jobs you take on, to be earning your own money, and a résumé can even be built by you to share with prospective clients. (3) as long as you’re old enough, you can babysit for your siblings or for the kids down the street. (4) but a good babysitter needs more than on - the - job training. (5) you need to be prepared.
2. (6) a basic babysitting course introduces you to the needs of young children and to what you need to know and do to handle those needs. (7) little kids are hard work, and they don’t always come right out and tell you what they need, so insider information like this is important. (8) you’ll learn age - appropriate activities to keep kids from becoming bored and how to make quick and healthy snacks for hungry bellies. (9) you’ll also learn techniques for negotiating with stubborn kids who just refuse
3. the author would like to replace sentences 4 and 5 with a sentence that better articulates the thesis of her paper. which sentence would best accomplish this goal?

it is likely you will encounter many situations during your babysitting career that you could never have anticipated, so you need to be able to deal with a variety of issues.
babysitting is an important job, and more people need to be willing to care for their community.
before you start lining up those after - school babysitting jobs, you should take a babysitting course to ensure you are ready to care for a parent’s most valuable

Explanation:

To determine the best thesis - articulating sentence, we analyze the context. The original sentences 4 and 5 emphasize that a good babysitter needs more than on - the - job training and needs to be prepared. The third option (the one starting with "Before you start lining up those after - school babysitting jobs...") connects the idea of preparing for babysitting (through a course) with the earlier discussion about what a good babysitter needs. The first option focuses on dealing with unanticipated situations, which is not the main thesis. The second option brings in community care, which is off - topic. So the third option best articulates the thesis about the need for preparation (via a babysitting course) for babysitting.

Answer:

The sentence "Before you start lining up those after - school babysitting jobs, you should take a babysitting course to ensure you are ready to care for a parent’s most valuable" (the third option among the given choices)